beSpacific: Ramifications of Proposed Federal Rules On E-Discovery

January 03, 2006

Ramifications of Proposed Federal Rules On E-Discovery

Document management systems go to court - New federal rules for 2006 could come down hard on IT:

"First, the proposed amendments to Rule 26 will require attorneys for both parties to a litigation in Federal court to sit down prior to the proceedings to discuss their clients’ document management systems....Rule 37(f), also called a safe harbor rule, says that corporations that have lost information but have otherwise acted in good faith cannot be sanctioned."

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