It is widely expected that the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will be approved and become effective as scheduled in December 2015. A number of the amendments will have an impact on electronic data discovery.

The common theme of these changes is a threefold emphasis on 1) knowing the client’s electronically stored information; 2) knowing it early in the case; and 3) understanding EDD technology options for data handling. Rather than representing a radical break with current best practices, the amendments provide new impetus to three existing trends.

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