Abstract
The magical e-discovery alarm clock known as Dec. 1, 2006, meant to wake people in the legal and business worlds up has rung — and it’s time to stop hitting the snooze button and address e-discovery readiness. Indeed, the much-discussed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) are in place and, much as on the morning after the supposedly cataclysmic Y2K bug not so long ago, many people are wondering whether all the anxiety leading up to the Dec. 1 e-discovery wake-up call was justified. In light of these questions and the fair degree of uncertainty that followed implementation of the amended rules, many companies opted for inaction, choosing to take a wait-and-see approach concerning the impact the amended rules might have on them.