Litigation readiness: Meeting the e-discovery challenges of your organization
By Marc Courey, director,
RSM McGladrey
Significant amendments to
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) took effect on December 1, 2006,
which involve the conduct of discovery. For the first time the rules
specifically included “electronically stored information” under the rubric of
discovery. Penalties for non-compliance with these rules include financial
sanctions that can easily total tens of thousands of dollars per lawsuit or
result in adverse inference instructions — crippling the pursuit or response to
litigation and resulting in losses in the millions or billions. State courts
across the country have adopted or are considering adopting similar rules.
This informative white paper
explores the rules that are affected by this legislation, recent cases,
information that is subject to discovery, and the litigation readiness process.
Download this whitepaper
