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Reconsiders E-Discovery Amendments via Electronic Discovery Law by
[log in to unmask] (K&L Gates) on 12/24/08
On December 1, 2008 California Assembly Member Noreen Evans introduced
Assembly Bill 5, the “Electronic Discovery Act” – a bill that would
amend California’s Civil Discovery Act to include rules governing the
discovery of electronically stored information. As stated in AB 5:
This bill would establish procedures for a person to obtain discovery
of electronically stored information, as defined, in addition to
documents, tangible things, and land or other property, in the
possession of any party to the action. This bill would permit discovery
by the means of copying, testing, or sampling, in addition to
inspection of documents, tangible things, land or other property, or
electronically stored information.

The proposed amendments closely track several of the 2006 e-discovery
amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

This bill is virtually identical to the “original” e-discovery bill,
Assembly Bill 926, vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger earlier
this year. The notable exception is the inclusion of an urgency clause
which would make the bill effective immediately upon signing.

To read the full text Assembly Bill 5, click here.

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