In a report comparing federal and state case law in New York, a panel of judges has found potential inconsistencies in the laws governing the pre-litigation duty to preserve electronically stored information that could result in an inconsistent application of sanctions in the 2nd Circuit.
October 13, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A panel of state and federal judges has voiced concern about the differing standards for the pre-litigation preservation of electronic records by state and federal judges sitting within the 2nd Circuit.
A limited number of federal trial courts favor hard-and-fast rules that mandate sanctions for the failure to preserve electronic documents, according to the report issued by the New York State-Federal Judicial Council.[FOOTNOTE 1]
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