One Year Later: Kroll Ontrack Reveals the Most Significant Electronic Discovery Cases under the New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

As the one year anniversary of the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) approaches, Kroll Ontrack®, the industry’s largest provider of electronic discovery and computer forensics services, today announced a breakdown of the reported electronic discovery opinions from 2007 as well as a list of the year’s top five most significant discovery cases. Focusing primarily on interpreting the new FRCP, common topics reoccurring in judicial opinions issued in 2007 included: the importance of early case conferences, the accessibility of electronically stored information, and what to do when parties fail to play by the new rules.