Per the Supreme Court of Florida, the Florida Bar’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee has submitted an out-of-cycle report proposing rule amendments to address discovery of electronically stored information or ESI.
The committee proposes amendments to rules 1.200 (Pretrial Procedure); 1.201 (Complex Litigation); 1.280 (General Provisions Governing Discovery); 1.340 (Interrogatories to Parties); 1.350 (Production of Documents and Things and Entry upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes); 1.380 (Failure to Make Discovery; Sanctions); and 1.410 (Subpoena).
The Florida Supreme Court invites comment on the proposed amendments by filing an original and nine paper copies by October 17, 2011 with a certificate of service verifying that a copy has been served on current committee chair, Kevin Johnson, Esq., 201 N Franklin Street, Suite 1600, Tampa 33602-5110, as well as a separate request for oral argument if the person filing the comment wishes to participate in oral argument, which may be scheduled in this case.
The committee chair has until November 7 to file a response to any comments filed with the court. Electronic copies of all comments also must be filed in accordance with the court’s administrative order In re Mandatory Submission of Electronic Copies of Documents, Fla. Admin. Order No. AOSC04-84 (Sept. 13, 2004).
As reported by Florida Bar News:
http://tinyurl.com/3jqv5de
Rules proposed in PDF at Florida Supreme Court's website:
http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/probin/sc11-1542_PublicationNotice.pdf
