Massachusetts law about electronic discovery

Court rules

• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure
  The reporter’s notes to Rule 26 provide an ongoing history of the amendments to rules on electronic discovery.

Guidelines

• Guidelines for State Trial Courts Regarding Discovery of Electronically-Stored Information, Conference of Chief Justices, August 2006.
• Uniform Rules Relating to the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 2007

Web sources

• Electronic Discovery, Findlaw
  A large collection of articles on all aspects of e-discovery
• The ESI Report, Legal Talk Network 
  A series of podcasts on a variety of e-discovery issues. 
• Introduction to the New World of E-Discovery, Findlaw
  "This overview will introduce some of the key concepts in the e-discovery process, and help to give a sense of what areas you should focus on as you navigate the sometimes stormy seas of e-discovery."
• Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges, 2007
  "This second-edition pocket guide helps federal judges manage the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI)."

Print sources

• Arkfeld on Electronic Discovery and Evidence, by Michael R. Arkfeld, Law Partner Pub., loose-leaf
• E-discovery for everyone, by Ralph C. Losey. American Bar Association, 2016.
• The Ethics of E-Discovery, by John M. Barkett, ABA, 2009
• Massachusetts discovery practice, MCLE, loose-leaf, §20. Includes forms on CD
• Massachusetts E-Discovery and Evidence: LexisNexis Practice Guide, by Jonathan Sablone, Lexis, annual
• Massachusetts E-discovery & evidence : preservation through trial, by Daniel K. Gelb, Richard M. Gelb  (MCLE New England, 2017).
• Massachusetts expert witnesses, MCLE 2018 (loose-leaf).
  Chapter 9, Digital Discovery.

Last updated:	June 15, 2018