Redgrave LLP is proud to have authored the chapter "Discovery of Electronically Stored Information" for the Fifth Edition of the treatise, Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts.  For the Fifth Edition, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin and Judge George C. Hanks, Jr. joined Jonathan M. Redgrave in updating the chapter and cover the following sections/topics:

  • Strategy, Objectives, and Preliminary Considerations

  • Federal Rules Provisions Applicable to Discovery of ESI

  • The Duty to Preserve ESI

  • Preservation Orders for ESI

  • Disclosure and Production of ESI

  • Cost-Sharing and Cost-Shifting

  • Discovery Disputes and Claims of Spoliation

  • Practice Aids – Checklists and Forms

For over a decade, this publication has provided guidance on all phases of litigation, including investigation, pleadings, motions, discovery, trials, appeals, settlement, and enforcement of judgments.  The recently published Fifth Edition continues to offer a self-contained library of procedure, trial advocacy, substantive law, and advice written by practicing attorneys and judges.  Read the Foreword to the Fifth Edition here, which provides information about the history of this treatise; the contents, scope, focus, and special features of the Fifth Edition; and the authors.