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Thursday, February 17, 2005

Federal Courts are Considering Changes in Civil Discovery Rules for Electronic Evidence

From the Law Librarian Blog, 2/17, 2005:

"Slashdot is reporting that the federal courts are
considering changes to the discovery rules contained
in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing the
discovery and use of electronic evidence such as email.
The article contains links to the proposed rules, comments
by civil rights attorneys from the Impact Fund arguing
that the rules are too limiting, and comments by Microsoft
that the rules don't go far enough. ..See the proposed rules
See also Pending Rules, Comments, and other available sources."