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1.2 ELECTRONICALLY STORED
INFORMATION (ESI) AND THE FEDERAL
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
One.of.the.most.likely.reasons.you.might.be.interested.in.ESI.
is.if.you.are.involved.in.a.civil.lawsuit..Of.course,.if.you.are.an.
attorney.or.paralegal,.that.is.perhaps.more.likely.than.if.you.
are.just.Mr..or.Ms..John.Q..Citizen..But.as.a.business.owner.
or. manager,. the. chances. are. actually. pretty. likely. that. you.
or.your.organization.might.be.involved.in.some.type.of.legal.
action.(FigureĀ 1.1)..The.organization.I.work.for.averages.over.
400.legal.issues.per.year..Most.of.those.are.settled.without.
any.need.to.go.to.court,.and.some.of.them.include.criminal.
or.other.courts.besides.civil.law..But.any.organization.or.indi-
vidual.can.ind.themselves.in.court.
This.chapter.speciically.discusses.the.Federal.Rules.of.Civil.
Procedure.(FRCPs).because.they.were.amended.in.December.
2006.to.speciically.address.ESI..But.it.is.important.to.under-
stand.that.rules.in.any.legal.action.are.going.to.be.similar.to.
those. we. will. discuss. here.. Because. these. rules. offer. good.
examples.of.what.to.expect.in.other.legal.actions,.we.specii-
cally.look.at.all.of.the.pertinent.sections.of.the.FRCPs.
Figure 1.1 Legal. documents. in. the. electronic. world. have. become.
ubiquitous.and.overwhelming.
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