The 2011 edition of The Applied Discovery® Black Letter Book (The Discovery Book, Edition 4), published for the first time in digital format, provides readers with an essential guide to the latest cases, rules of civil procedure and evidence, and best practices essential to manage the entire course of electronic discovery in legal proceedings.
The fourth edition reviews sweeping changes in the rapidly developing legal and technological landscape of electronic discovery, suggesting practical, cost-effective pointers for handling key challenges facing legal practitioners such as preserving the attorney-client privilege and managing electronic information stored in social media.
The book also critically analyzes parties’ responsibilities to preserve, collect, and produce electronically stored information in light of emerging trends in case law and state ethics opinions.