Save those voice mails: new e-discovery laws go into effect December 1

[Kristijntje]

Save those voice mails. That's the legal takeaway regarding new e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that will become law on December 1, 2006.

The amendments make significant changes to the rules of discovery with regard to electronically stored information (ESI), including e-mail Get the Facts on BlackBerry Business Solutions and voice mail, as well as Word, PowerPoint and many other document types that corporations submit to courts during the discovery phase of the litigation process...

"Under the federal rules amendments, judges will be increasingly vigilant about production of all forms of electronically stored information, and companies should be proactive in processes for preserving and producing voice mail and other audio files," said Kenneth N. Rashbaum, compliance attorney and partner at Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold...

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[jezebel]

I never save voicemails.