e-Lawyering “The amendments may not look like a big deal at first glance, but they are.” – Chief Justice Roberts, 2015 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary January 4, 2016 by kgates Chief Justice John Roberts has issued his annual report on the federal judiciary, focused primarily on the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including a brief history of their development and discussion of their intended effects. Among other things, the report makes clear that the amendments “mark significant change, for both lawyers […] Read more » FEDERAL RULES AMENDMENTS NEWS & UPDATES
e-Lawyering Electronic Discovery Law Blog Named to ABA Journal’s Blawg 100 (Again!) December 8, 2015 by kgates The e-Discovery Analysis & Technology (e-DAT) Group at K&L Gates is proud to announce that the Electronic Discovery Law blog has again been named to the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100 list. Thanks to all who nominated us and to all of our readers for their ongoing interest in the important issues affecting electronic discovery! Click […] Read more » NEWS & UPDATES
e-Lawyering Today is the Day! Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Effective Dec. 1, 2015 December 1, 2015 by kgates The wait is over. Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are effective today. The 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are significant and will have a direct impact on the day to day practice of law, particularly discovery. If you’ve been putting off your review of the amendments, the time […] Read more » FEDERAL RULES AMENDMENTS NEWS & UPDATES
e-Lawyering Supreme Court Approves Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Submits Proposals to Congress for Approval April 29, 2015 by K&L Gates Today, April 29, 2015, Chief Justice John G. Roberts submitted the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which “have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States” to Congress for final approval. Absent legislation to reject, modify or defer the rules, they will become effective December 1, 2015. A copy... Continue Reading Read more » NEWS & UPDATES
e-Lawyering What the judges think: e-discovery practices and trends April 16, 2015 by K&L Gates by Daniel Miller and Tina Miller This article was originally published in the Lawyers Journal, The Journal of the Allegheny County Bar Association, April 3, 2015. A recent survey of leading federal jurists indicates that many attorneys need to improve their knowledge and practices regarding e-discovery. The “Federal Judges Survey on e-discovery Best Practices and Trends,” commissioned by... Continue Reading Read more » NEWS & UPDATES
e-Lawyering State Bar of California Interim Opinion on Attorneys’ Duties in the “Handling of Discovery of [ESI]” – Comment Period Extended January 15, 2015 by K&L Gates As was previously reported on this blog, here, the California State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (“COPRAC”) published Proposed Formal Opinion Interim No. 11-0004, addressing “ESI and Discovery Requests,” for public comment in Spring 2014. At its December meeting, COPRAC revised that opinion in response to public comment and approved an additional... Continue Reading Read more » NEWS & UPDATES