Your Source for Dealing with the Intricacies of E-discovery

 

As we move more towards the paperless world, the discovery of electronic records has become a critical issue for all practitioners involved in civil litigation. Understanding the technology, best practices and law surrounding e-discovery in Canada has never been more important. Butterworths E-Discovery in Canada arms the practitioner with the tools needed to navigate this complex component of the litigation process.

 

Authors Susan Wortzman, Todd Burke, Andrew McCreary, Glenn Smith, James Swanson, James Morton, Vincenzo Rondinelli, Susan Nickle and Kelly Friedman are a group of highly respected and seasoned practitioners with a tremendous wealth of e-discovery expertise. Their collective experience has helped create a very accessible resource that will strip away the intimidation factor surrounding e-discovery. By taking you through the entire process of identification, preservation, collection, review and production of electronically-stored information, E-Discovery in Canada is a comprehensive guide that no Canadian litigator should be without.

 

Features and Benefits

 

This vital publication offers practitioners direction in an area that has grown well beyond commercial litigation and class action suits. E-Discovery in Canada arms the reader with:

• Expert analysis - the nation's leading e-discovery specialists offer a variety of viewpoints, providing the critical advice practitioners need given the scarcity of Canadian judicial guidance in this area
• In-depth appendices - including both national and provincial e-discovery guidelines

Hitting the Hot Buttons

 

E-discovery in Canada covers all the bases of electronic discovery, a litigation component that is recently experiencing growth in employment law, family law and criminal law. This guide will help the practitioner understand:

• The situation in the U.S., where a more mature e-discovery market has yielded judicial rulings that will help guide Canadian policy formulation
• How to deal with privileged documents to avoid the risk of incorrect disclosure
• The legal duty to advise their clients on preservation issues to avoid potential sanctions
• How the traditional rules of bearing the costs of producing information may not apply when dealing with electronically stored information
• The limits employers face in their ability to control employee communications and access that information

A Must Have For

• New or non-tech savvy practitioners - who may be intimidated by the daunting task of electronic discovery
• All Canadian lawyers - if you are involved in civil litigation - especially commercial litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency - you are grappling with a complex issue in which national guidelines are currently being released, making this a vital time to stay abreast of e-discovery