New US Federal Rules Focus More Attention on Electronic Evidence in Construction Disputes

This article, by K&L Gates attorneys David R. Cohen and Kari M. Horner, appears in the April 2007 edition of Construction Law International, the magazine of the IBA International Construction Projects Committee. 

Important amendments to the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (the Rules) relating to electronic discovery in litigation became effective on 1 December 2006.  Every party involved in litigation in US federal courts should become familiar with these Rules.  This article provides an overview of the key provisions of the new Rules.

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This article was first published in the Construction Law International Vol 2 No 1, April 2007, and is reproduced by kind permission of the International Bar Association, London, UK.  © International Bar Association 2006.