摘要：We have now had more than a year to assess the impact of the 2006 Amendments of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“the Amendments”) on discovery of electronically stored information. At the core of these provisions is the “two-tiered” discovery process. Under Rule 26(b)(2)(B), restyled as “Specific Limitations on Electronically Stored Information,” a party is permitted to utilize information from “reasonably accessible” sources of electronically stored information to respond to all forms of discovery without seeking information from inaccessible sources, provided that they are identified. Reasonably accessible sources are those which are available without “undue burden or cost.”
关键词：Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; Civil Rules Advisory Committee and its Discovery Subcommittee; Parkdale America LLC v. Travelers; Columbia Pictures v. Bunnell; Zubulake v. UBS Warburg; Phoenix Four v. Strategic Resources Corporation; Ameriwood Industries Inc. v. Lieberman; W.E. Aubuchon Co. v. Benefirst; In re Veeco Instruments; Oxford House v. City of Topeka; Chemie v. PPG Industries; Stanziale v. Pepper Hamilton LLP; Healthcare Advocates v. Harding Early Follmer & Frailey; Escobar v. City of Houston; Cache La Pourdre Fees; LLC v. Land O’ Lakes; D’Onofrio v. SFX Sports Group; O’Bar v. Lowe’s Home Centers; National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; NCCUSL
