Article: The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery

By: James N. Dertouzos, Nicholas M. Pace, Robert H. Anderson

Pretrial discovery - the exchange of relevant information between litigants - is central to the American civil legal process. As computer technologies continue to develop, concerns have arisen that, because of the sheer volume of electronically stored information, requests for electronic discovery can increase litigation costs, impose new risks on lawyers and their clients, and alter expectations about likely court outcomes.

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