The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted changes to the rules on how e-discovery is handled in the state, expressly rejecting an adoption of federal law.
While the state Supreme Court was mulling whether to approve or reject the proposed changes last year, many of the state’s defense lawyers said specifically rejecting the federal rules would move the state in the wrong direction. Plaintiffs lawyers and members of the court didn’t see it that way. But now it appears that, while stating an intention to reject federal law, the new rules and comments are quite similar to certain federal guidelines.
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