Make sure you’re in compliance with new rules that include electronic communication in the legal discovery process.

This is an overview of a recent court decision that points out the weight given to the process of authenticating electronic evidence in legal matters. A link to the court decision is included.

Districts face heavy summer workload to comply with new federal regulations.

On the newly posted ESI and E-Discovery resource page, resources regarding the December 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concerning the discovery portion of the litigation process are now available. Although discovery has included electronic materials for some time, the amendments specifically recognize electronically stored information (ESI) and E-Discovery, the process by which ESI is exchanged during the early stages of litigation.

The resources available were provided by colleges, universities, and other parties interested in helping institutions of higher education formulate their own policies to handle ESI.