Court Orders Government to Produce Electronic Data in Usable Form; Recognizes Need for E-Discovery Rules in Criminal Cases

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A blog post from the JD Supra blog, includes an article by Mark Mukasey and David Shargel of Bracewell and Giuliani.

The article outlines a specific case in which the court held that eDiscovery rules of civil litigation are also applicable to criminal matters.

As the blog post states, "Affirming that issues concerning electronically stored information (ESI) are confined neither to civil matters nor private-party litigants, a federal district court this month ordered prosecutors to reproduce discovery in a reasonably useful format, mirroring the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."