When it comes to handling electronically stored information (ESI), the legal language may be set in stone, but practices still run the gamut.
In effort to highlight current interpretation and implementation of the language laid out by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), a judge and notable e-discovery counsel analyzed three cases from the winter of 2016-17. Captured in the Exterro webcast “E-discovery Case Law Update: Winter 2017 Recap,” the discussion noted how the cases demonstrated the significance of proportionality arguments; counsel facing consequences for failure to comply; and, as Exterro director of marketing programs and session moderator Mike Hamilton put it, “Where there is smoke, there isn’t always fire.”
