A “Blog-iography”: Best of Commentary on New California State-Court E-Discovery Rules

August 1, 2009 6:11 AM - By Seth | 2 Comments 

 

After several years of drafting, debate, and hold-ups due to the budget situation, California’s state-court rules on electronic discovery have finally been signed into law. The rules, which make up the California Electronic Discovery Act (CEDA, also sometimes referred to as AB5) are largely modeled on the e-discovery provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and also on the Uniform Rules Relating to the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws.

Much has already been written in the way of commentary on these new rules, both in blogs and publically disseminated law firm publications. This post, like the “historiographies” that I read in college – collecting and commenting on what had been written on a particular historical event – tries to capture the best of the commentary so far on the key features, failings, and anticipated impact of AB5.

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