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.
“People make mistakes.” This simple three word sentence is how Chief Justice John Roberts begins his opinion in Conkright v. Frommert, No. 08-810 (Apr. 21, 2010). He goes on to add: "Even administrators of ERISA plans." Then he explains how complicated those plans can be. As a former ERISA litigator, I know he's right, as I have read far too many ERISA plans myself. But let me tell you, as an attorney who left ERISA to focus solely on e-Discovery in 2006, it's nothing compared to ESI plans.




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