Issuing a Legal Hold: Some still don't know when to do it
Created on July 13, 2011
For five years, the 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have been in effect, which in part extended the scope of litigation holds to electronically stored information. By now corporations, especially those dealing in interstate commerce should know and be familiar with these federal rules and what practices are needed to stay compliant. In 2008, the federal court set a judicial precedent that…“A party has a duty to preserve evidence when it knows, or should have know, that litigation was imminent."This standard seems pretty straightforward and simple. When... Read More