| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 22 pages). |
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Occasional paper |
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Occasional paper (Rand Corporation)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The current state of e-discovery law -- Exploratory model of case outcomes -- Proposed research agenda. |
| Summary |
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 plaintiffs and defendants more likely to sue, settle out of court, or go to trial. This paper presents the results of an exploratory study to identify the most important legal and economic implications of e-discovery. The authors interviewed plaintiffs and defense attorneys as well as corporate information technology staff and in-house counsel, and they reviewed the current state of e-discovery law and procedure. They then developed a preliminary model to explore the range of plausible effects that e-discovery might have on case outcomes. After summarizing this research, the authors propose five studies that will evaluate how e-discovery affects and is affected by technology, costs, business practices, legal outcomes, and public policy. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Electronic discovery (Law) -- United States.
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LAW -- Depositions.
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LAW -- Civil Law.
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Electronic discovery (Law) (OCoLC)fst01737821
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Pace, Nicholas M. (Nicholas Michael), 1955-
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Anderson, Robert H. (Robert Helms), 1939-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dertouzos, James N., 1950- Legal and economic implications of electronic discovery. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2008 9780833044228 0833044222 (DLC) 2008013414 (OCoLC)213775657 |
| ISBN |
9780833045997 (electronic bk.) |
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0833045997 (electronic bk.) |
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