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Discovering E-Discovery: Page 2 of 4

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By the way, we at Byte and Switch are conducting our own poll on the issue. Weigh in!

What's it all add up to? Surely it makes sense for any organization to think more about getting better control over email, documents, and other data that could comprise legal evidence.

One thing, though: Suppliers are inciting a sense of urgency about it all by pointing to the December 1 deadline for amendments to the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP).

The new rules are aimed at enabling corporations to engage in more extensive pretrial preparation for lawsuits, in which corporate counsel on both sides can meet and discuss the electronic evidence for a given case. (See FRCP Tip Sheet and Retention Rules Set to Change.)