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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220132203321

Autore

Dertouzos James N. <1950->

Titolo

The legal and economic implications of electronic discovery : options for future research / / James N. Dertouzos, Nicholas M. Pace, Robert H Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corp., 2008

ISBN

1-281-73665-1

9786611736651

0-8330-4599-7

0-8330-4494-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (39 p.)

Collana

Technical report  A RAND analysis tool for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

Altri autori (Persone)

PaceNicholas M <1955-> (Nicholas Michael)

AndersonRobert H <1939-> (Robert Helms)

Disciplina

347.73/72

Soggetti

Electronic discovery (Law) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figure and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Section 1 - Introduction; Study Purpose and Approach; Key Concerns; Organization of This Paper; Section 2 - The Current State of E-Discovery Law; Scarce Legal Guidance; Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Revisions; The Future of E-Discovery; Section 3 - Exploratory Model of Case Outcomes; Litigation Costs and Benefits; Incentives to Settle; E-Discovery and the Costs and Benefits of Litigation; Probable Effects of E-Discovery; Section 4 - Proposed Research Agenda; Conceptual Overview; Project Descriptions

Sommario/riassunto

Pretrial discovery?the exchange of relevant information between litigants?is central to the American civil legal process. As computer technologies continue to develop, concerns have arisen that, because of the sheer volume of electronically stored information, requests for electronic discovery (e-discovery) can increase litigation costs, impose new risks on lawyers and their clients, and alter expectations about likely court outcomes. For example, concerns about e-discovery may cause businesses to alter the ways in which they track and store



information, or they may make certain types of plain