Pilot program attacks e-discovery burdens
District court judge and committee of legal professionals take novel approach to solving e-discovery problems.
July 31, 2010 at 08:00 PM
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Ever since becoming chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois four years ago, James Holderman has listened to the same lament from business executives and attorneys about the state of electronic discovery: It's expensive, burdensome and time consuming for everyone involved. Over and over, he heard about the need to minimize that burden.
In 2009, Holderman, along with Federal Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan, created the 7th Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program. The pilot program is not the first effort to address the problems with e-discovery. But Holderman and the large committee of legal professionals involved in the project have attracted nationwide attention for their novel approach to solving the problem.
Not only did the committee formulate core principles for fairly and efficiently conducting e-discovery, they tested the principles in real cases throughout the 7th Circuit and surveyed participants on the effects.
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