Electronic Evidence and Electronic Trials

This book is essential for: litigation counsel.

Current to: January 2011 

Learn the litigation best practices for identifying, preserving, and presenting digital data!
The digital revolution continues to re-shape the conduct of civil litigation. Electronically stored information gives rise to a host of issues surrounding the preservation, duplication, storage, and disclosure of such information—not the least of which is maintaining and safeguarding the integrity of this data which may become evidence in a court of law. Electronic evidence presents both opportunities and challenges for counsel seeking to tender or challenge the tendering of such information. This concise set of course materials examine critical issues in the management of digital information from identification through presentation at trial. Topics include: identifying and obtaining electronic evidence, the Sedona Canada principles in practice, and an e-discovery case study.

CONTENTS

• identifying and obtaining electronic evidence—electronic discovery from non-parties: non-party custodians of electronic evidence, creation and retrieval of electronic records, practical steps, civil procedure
• e-discovery: the Sedona Canada principles in practice
• e-discovery case study: native file/native file format, metadata, native review vs. non-native review, best practices, cost comparison (traditional production vs. electronic production)