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ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY AND EVIDENCE MEMBER SECTION

Electronic Discovery and Evidence and Best Practices Guide PDF File (For purchasers of the electronic version)

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Practice Resources

Pre-Complaint Resources

Plan & Conduct Discovery

 

  Word Doc Acrobat PDF WWW    URL
Pre-Complaint Resources
Forms, Legal Requirements & Checklists
      
  [1] Pretrial Checklist (Electronic Discovery Pretrial Checklist) DOC PDF  
  [2] American Bar Association Section of Litigation Civil Discovery Standards (August 2004)  

 

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      - American Bar Association Section of Litigation Civil Discovery Standards (August 1999)  

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  [3] Sedona Guidelines
    [a] THE SEDONA PRINCIPLES: Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production, A Project of the October 2002 Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic
Document Retention & Production (March 2003).
   

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Document Retention
         
  [1] Records and Information Management Resource List. This is a list of 4908 links, in 313 categories, relating to records management. Categories include e-mail and document retention polices, archives and a host of other electronic
information management resources.
   

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Forensic Experts and Service Bureau Assistance
 

 

[1] Checklist for Interviewing, Selecting and Utilizing a Digital Forensic Expert by
Larry Leibrock.
   

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  [2] Best Practices for the Selection of Electronic Discovery Vendors: Navigating the Vendor Proposal Process. Provides detailed analysis of selecting EDD vendors and cost considerations of RFP proposal process. (July 2005).    

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Litigation Support
         
  [1] Listing of sample software used in electronic discovery

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Preservation Requests and Responsibilities
         
  [1] Considerations for a preservation request letter to opposing counsel DOC PDF  
     [a] Form preservation letter to opposing counsel  - sample 1

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     [b] Form preservation letter - sample 2 DOC PDF  
  [2] Sample court orders re electronic data preservation and retention order      
     [a] Sample 1 DOC PDF  
     [b] Sample 2 DOC PDF  
     [c] Sample 3 DOC PDF  
  [3] Article  - The Perfect Preservation Letter by Craig Ball.  

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Litigation Hold Requests
  [1] Litigation Hold Memoranda Sample DOC PDF  
Briefs, Pleadings and Motions (reserved)
Glossary
 See Electronic Discovery and Evidence treatise - Glossary
The Sedona Conference Glossary For E-Discovery and Digital Information Management (May 2005 Version)

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Plan & Conduct Discovery
Create a Discovery Plan - See Electronic Discovery and Evidence treatise

Confidentiality Agreement And Protective Order

  [1] Sample - Jicarilla Apache Nation v. United States, 60 Fed. Cl. 413, 414 (Fed. Cl. 2004). DOC PDF  
  [2] Nonwaiver of Privilege Clause DOC PDF  

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Court Orders
 
  [1] Ex Parte Order Establishing Procedures For Examination, Copying And Imaging Of Computers, Hard Drives Or Other Electronic Storage Media.  

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  [2] Hard Drive (Order Establishing Procedure for Examination of Computer Hard
Drive)
 

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  [3] In Re: Propulsid Products Liability, MDL No. 1355, Pretrial Order No. 8,
Defendants’ Production of Hard Copy Docs, Jan. 18, 2001. The Court issued an
extensive discovery order listing the specifics of providing discovery in an
electronic format for the parties.
 

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  [4] Court order protocol for the format of production of documents
existing in hard copy and image form.
 

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Initial Disclosures and Meet and Confer
  [1] Initial disclosure agreement  

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Depositions and Trial Questions
  [1] Rule 30(b)(6) Custodian Deposition Notice      
  [a] Sample 1 DOC PDF  
  [b] Sample 2 DOC PDF  
  [2] Individual Deponents (Non-Custodial Depositions) DOC PDF  
  [3] Questions to IT Deponent   PDF  
  [a] Backup & Retention Policies (Interrogatories/Request to Produce) DOC

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  [4] Dodging the Bullet: Cross-Examination Tips for Computer Forensic Examiners    

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Interrogatories & Request for Production
 
Type of Data - Interrogatories, Request for Production and Request to Inspect
  [1] Password or other Protected Files (Interrogatories) DOC PDF  
  [2] Faxes (Request to Produce) DOC PDF  
  [3] Email (Interrogatories, Request to Produce & Deposition Notice) DOC PDF  
  [a] Discovery of E-mail - The Path to Production.  Article focusing on the discovery of e-mail.    

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  [4] Personal Data Assistant (PDA)/Handheld Computer (Interrogatory/Request to
Produce)
  PDF  
  [5] Backup & Retention Policies (Interrogatories/Request to Produce)      
  [6] Production Request (Request to Produce Regarding Computerized Records
Discovery)
DOC PDF  
  [7] Sample Definitions for the word “Documents.” DOC PDF  
  [a] See also § 7.7[B], “Document” - Definition      
  [8] Data Format - Request to Produce DOC PDF  
  [9] Request to Inspect Computer System      
  [a] Sample 1 DOC PDF  
  [b] Sample 2 DOC PDF  
  [c] Sample 3   PDF  
Motions (Discovery Related) (reserved)
Notices (reserved)
Request for Admissions
 
  [1] Request for Admissions (Request for Admissions of Facts and Genuineness of
Documents)
DOC PDF  
Subpoena
ISP Subpoena

DOC

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Miscellaneous (reserved)
Trial Materials
Trial Questions - see above Deposition & Trial Questions
Jury Instructions (reserved)

Factual Research

  World Wide Web Archive Service -  Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Over 10 billion web pages archived from 1996.    

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Legal Research  
Court Rules
   [A] Federal Rules of Procedure re Electronic Discovery
  [1] Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (see Electronic Discovery and Evidence treatise Chapter 7, Court Procedural Rules and Case Law)
  [2] Federal - Local Rules of Procedure
    [a] Rule 26, Discovery, Local Rules of Practice for the District   of Wyoming.  Local rules specifically address computer based discovery during the initial disclosure stage.  

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[b] United States District Court For The Eastern [And Western] District Of Arkansas, Local Rule 26.1Outline For Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(F) Report.

 

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   [B] Proposed Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
  [1] E-Discovery - Pending Rules Amendments & Advisory Committee Notes     WWW
   [C] Legislative History - Proposed Federal Rules of Civil Procedure      
    [D] State Rules of Procedure
  [1] A Proposed Model for State Rules re: Electronic Discovery, National Center for State Courts General Counsel Committee.   PDF  
  [2] Mississippi - Rule 26, Miss. R. Civ. Pro.  

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  [3] Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 193.3(d) Privilege not waived by
production and Rule 196.4 Electronic or Magnetic Data.
 

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Case Law, Briefs & Motions
  [1] Zubulake Decisions      
  [a] Zubulake I (S.D.N.Y. May 13, 2003)   PDF  
  [b] Zubulake II (S.D.N.Y. May 13, 2003)   PDF  
  [c] Zubulake III (S.D.N.Y. Jul. 24, 2003)   PDF  
  [d] Zubulake IV (S.D.N.Y. Oct.22, 2003)   PDF  
  [e] Zubulake V (S.D.N.Y. July 20, 2004)   PDF  
  [2] Coleman (Parent) Holdings, Inc. vs. Morgan Stanley, Inc. (March, 2005)
(Complete case)
 

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  [3] Williams v. Sprint/United Management
Company
, CIV.03-2200 (available at http://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/opinions/032200JWLDJW-3333.pdf).
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Agency Rules, Regulations and Standards
   
  [1] Federal Agency Guidelines
  [a] Statement of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition On Guidelines for Merger Investigations (Provides guidance on searching, inadvertent waiver and disclosure of electronic data in merger investigations.)     WWW
 
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