Southern District of N.Y. Pilot Includes E-Discovery Orders

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An article by Mark Michels on law.com on the LTN webpage.

This article discusses a Pilot projected launched to address certain types of litigation in the Southern District of New York, and specifically having certain components that pertain to eDiscovery.

The article states, "At the 2011 Georgetown Law Advanced eDiscovery Institute last week, Judge Shira Scheindlin discussed SDNY Standing Order M10-468, In re: Pilot Project Regarding Case Management Techniques for Complex Civil Cases in the Southern District of New York (Nov. 11, 2011). She explained that the pilot project was the result of a joint bench and bar effort to improve the quality of judicial case management. It will include, among other matters, class actions, multi-district litigation actions, patent, trademark, and securities actions." A link to the Pilot Project information is provided in the article.

The article further outlines some of the components of the Pilot Project,  as follows:

• Counsel are "sufficiently knowledgeable in matters relating to their clients" technological systems to discuss competently issues relating to electronic discovery".
• The parties have discussed implementation of a data preservation plan; identification of potentially relevant data; disclosure of the programs and manner in which the data is maintained; identification of computer systems utilized; and identification of the individuals responsible for data preservation, etc. 
• The parties have discussed protocols for the search and review of electronically stored information.
• The parties have discussed an FRE 502(d) Order.