A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirms an order requiring a nonparty to spend $6 million (9 percent of its annual operating budget) to comply with an e-discovery subpoena.

Litigators overseeing discovery know they must assess a client’s documents, and particularly a client’s electronic documents, at the outset of discovery. Estimating the resources necessary to collect and produce electronically stored information is a vital role of counsel today. Without such advance knowledge, lawyers may be blindsided by unexpected burdens and time pressure in the production process.

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