Archives: ESI

It’s the End of Authentication (of ESI) as We Know It

By Carey Busen on November 29, 2017 Posted in ESI

Amendments to Federal Rules of Evidence 803 and 902 will become effective on Dec. 1 and will “govern in all proceedings thereafter commenced and, insofar as just, all proceedings then pending.” We previously analyzed the changes to the hearsay exception for ancient documents (FRE 803(16)), and here focus on amendments concerning the self-authentication of evidence … Continue Reading

Cost Shifting Ordered Due to Inadequate Meet and Confer

By Nichole Sterling on July 26, 2017 Posted in ESI

Discovery is not about gamesmanship, and parties are expected to engage in meaningful negotiation about the terms of discovery agreements. That is the message from Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson of the Eastern District of New York, who recently ordered cost shifting when parties failed to meaningfully meet and confer about their electronically stored information (ESI) … Continue Reading