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Home Computers, PDAs Targeted in New Electronic Discovery Rules

Via Government Technology News.

Home computers, text messages, PDAs and Internet service providers may be open to discovery during litigation because of changes in federal law, according to attorney Barney Robinson of Butler Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC. "Mountains of data will be at risk, so companies need to take action now," he said.

The changes in the law, which take effect December 1, 2006, widen the scope of electronic discovery, handing plaintiff attorneys a powerful new too, according to Butler Snow in a release.

posted by Fergie @ 11/30/2006 09:50:00 PM