Standing Committee Approves Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure today approved the amendments submitted by the Civil Rules Advisory Committee addressing discovery of electronically stored information.
The proposed text of each rule was approved without change; some changes were made to the committee notes. The entire package of amendments will be posted here when available.
Further approval is still necessary before the rules go into effect. The Judicial Conference will consider the package at its September 20, 2005 meeting. Then, the Supreme Court will consider it for promulgation (probably by May 1, 2006). An effective date of December 1, 2006 is expected.