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e-Discovery Compliance: Meeting the Requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
A PSC Group White Paper by George Lampere
www.psclistens.com
Abstract
The new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), which took effect in December 2006, has changed the
way companies are required to handle electronic documents. One of the biggest changes has been the
time frame for responding to a discovery request, which has become much more compressed, requiring
counsel to act much faster. Ninety-nine days from the time a suit is served in Federal Court is not enough
time to do the proper planning on a large litigation matter or to develop a comprehensive e-discovery plan
that can be used during negotiations with opposing counsel. The time crunch is further compounded by
the significantly expanded scope of discovery along with the change in definition of what is subject to
discovery -- everything from e-mail to voice mail and proprietary files stored on databases. Any document
that could become evidence in a federal case, such as interstate lawsuits, compliance regulations (such as
HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley), EEOC and other employment issues, immigration cases, and actions by the
Internal Revenue Service, are included. Actually, it is difficult to think of any business document that might
not be covered.
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