As noted in a previous post, the General Assembly recently enacted S.L. 2011-199 (HB 380), which, effective October 1, 2011, amends the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure (NCRCP) to address issues related to e-discovery in North Carolina state courts. (For the unversed, discovery is the pre-trial phase in a lawsuit in which each party can […]
Posts Tagged ‘North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure’
E-Discovery in North Carolina Courts: An Overview of Recent Amendments to the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011Tags:e-discovery, e-discovery in North Carolina courts, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, FRCP, metadata, NCRCP, North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure
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Metadata, E-Discovery, and E-Public Records in North Carolina
Thursday, September 15th, 2011The “digital age” has been upon us for many years, but the legal system continues to struggle to keep pace with the fundamental transformation it has caused in the way people communicate and generate and store information. The discovery of electronic information in civil litigation (e-discovery) is one area that presents particular difficulties for public […]
Tags:e-discovery, metadata, North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, public records
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