NY State Courts Bolster EDD

New York state alterations to §202.10(b) and §202.70(g) of the Uniform Rules of Trial Courts became effective on 8/17, after approval by Chief Judge Jonathan Lipmann and the PJs of four appellate division departments.  The New York Law Journal offers this analysis by Joel Stashenko about how the amendments —  which state that all attorneys "must be sufficiently versed in matters relating to their clients' technology systems to discuss competently all issues relating to electronic discovery" at preliminary conferences ‚  will push lawyers to understand EDD.

And after 11 years of tinkering, New York has also begun to institute mandatory e-filing in some areas, he reports.