National Defense Lawyers Group Pushes for Rewrite of Electronic Discovery Rules
St. Charles County Business Record › November 22, 2005
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(This article was originally published in South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, Columbia, S.C., another Dolan Media publication).
A company is sued for an allegedly defective product, and the plaintiff, as part of a routine discovery request, asks for any or all documents relevant to her case.See the full content of this document
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National Defense Lawyers Group Pushes for Rewrite of Electronic Discovery Rules
The plaintiff's broad request could require the company's lawyers to sift through millions of documents on laptops, backup tapes and servers to make sure no privileged data is released.
Scenarios like that are creating headaches - and huge legal bills - for corporations and other defendants, says the newly elected president of a national def...See the full content of this document
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