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Florida will soon have e-discovery rules for its state courts for the
first time. The product of a long process led by the Florida Bar, which
elicited the views of urban and rural practitioners and judges
throughout the very diverse state, the proposed rules are not mirror
images of the federal e-discovery rules. They are a sea change in
Florida legal procedure. Florida’s 63,000 practicing attorneys, their
litigation support and IT staffs, as well as their clients, will be
challenged. Most of them are unfamiliar with e-discovery and the duties
it entails. What do the proposed Florida state rules require? How do
they differ from the Federal e-discovery rules? When are they likely to
be approved by the Florida Supreme Court? How should Florida lawyers
prepare to handle them well? What penalties are they likely to face for
mishandling electronically stored information, and how do you avoid
them? In this special panel, experts from around the state, including
the lawyer who chaired the Florida Bar rules committee, will show you
what you must do to prepare and to implement them when they arrive. This
is a vital panel for all Florida legal practitioners and their staffs
and for the service providers that do business in the Sunshine State. |
