California Enacts New Rules on Electronic Discovery
July 2009
By: Dylan M. Carson
On June 29, 2009, California law on discovery of electronically stored information (ESI) was changed with the enactment of the Electronic Discovery Act. The new Act updates the Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) by establishing duties and responsibilities for parties requesting and producing ESI. The new amendments align California with other states and the federal courts in formulating procedural rules regarding discovery of ESI. The rules provide much needed and long overdue guidance to litigants in a state which revolutionized the storage of information in electronic media. Read more...
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