Five years after the Maryland Court of Appeals first set the standards for gaining access to electronically stored information (ESI) during civil lawsuits, the Rules of Criminal Procedure remain ...

A well-drafted ESI protocol defines production formats, metadata requirements, search terms, and privilege review procedures, reducing disputes and helping discovery move forward efficiently. ESI ...

The Dec. 1, 2006 amendments to the federal rules regarding e-discovery were written in broad enough terms to encompass these advances in technology -- potentially opening the door for production of ...

While businesses modernize and technology proliferates, litigation discovery practices have remained generally stagnant. Lawyers continue to pore over boxes of paper — the more sophisticated among ...

The course of federal civil litigation will take a turn on December 1, 2015, with pending amendments to several rules governing discovery, case management, and the preservation of electronically ...

Editor’s Note: Identifying key digital evidence is only half the battle—ensuring that evidence is admissible in court is what ultimately matters. This article examines the legal standards that govern ...