Applied Discovery

Discovery Book

While the fundamental principles of discovery and trial practice have not changed in recent years, e-discovery has experienced some tremendous changes to the legal industry. The amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for one, have transformed the adversarial nature of discovery into an atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration in ways never imagined. The rules, the Committee Notes, and the resulting case law have altered the way corporations prepare for litigation, generate and store records, and communicate internally. E-discovery has also created an entirely new interdisciplinary language, has brought together lawyers, records managers and technologists to assist in the understanding of the intersection between law and technology, and it has driven incredible technological advances in information storage, retrieval, and review.

The Discovery Book is an excellent resource on the critical issues facing attorneys today. It consists of 13 chapters including:

Chapter 1: Overview of Electronically Stored Information
Chapter 2: Records Retention/Information Management Policies
Chapter 3: Preservation of Data and Legal Holds
Chapter 4: Lawyer’s Duty to Disclose and Investigate
Chapter 5: Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer
Chapter 6: Metadata
Chapter 7: Sources of Information that are Not Reasonably Accessible and Cost Shifting
Chapter 8: Data Collection and Computer Forensics
Chapter 9: Form of Production
Chapter 10: Ethical Considerations
Chapter 11: Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Doctrine
Chapter 12: State Courts
Chapter 13: Sanctions and Safe Harbor
Appendix: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with Committee Notes and List Cases & Citations

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