Resources - Other Materials

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 2016

• Report of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee (April 10-11, 2014)

• The 2015 Civil Rules Package as Transmitted to Congress

  The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 2016

  • Report of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee (April 10-11, 2014)

  • The 2015 Civil Rules Package as Transmitted to Congress

  • Summary of the Report of the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (Sept. 2005)

  • United States Courts Rules-Making Site

  State E-Discovery Rules

  • Illinois Amended Supreme Court Rules 201 & 214

  Handbooks for Judges

  • Unlocking E-Discovery: A Toolkit for Judges in State Courts (IAALS 2013)

  • Judges Guide to Cost-Effective E-Discovery (eDiscovery Inst. 2010)

  • Criminal-e-Discovery a Pocket Guide for Judges.pdf

  The Sedona Conference

  • The Sedona Conference TAR Case Law Primer (2017)
  • The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery (November 2016 Public Comment Version)
  • The Sedona Conference "Jumpstart Outline":  Questions to Ask Your Client & Your Adversary to Prepare for Preservation, Rule 26 Obligations, Court Conferences & Requests for Production (Mar. 2016 Version)
  • The Sedona Conference Commentary on Defense of Process (Public Comment ver. Sept. 2016)

  Other Publications

  • Institute for Advancement of the American Judicial System, Electronic Discovery: A View from the Front Lines (2009)

  • Hon. J. Facciola & J. Redgrave, Asserting and Challenging Privilege Claims in Modern Litigation: The Facciola-Redgrave Framework, 4 Fed. Courts L. Rev. 19 (2009) (reprinted with permission of the Federal Courts Law Review, to which the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program Committee expresses its great appreciation)

  • Joint Working Group Recommendations for ESI Discovery in Federal Criminal Cases (2012)

  • Admissibility Of Electronic Evidence Chart by Hon. Paul W. Grimm and Kevin Brady

  • Attorneys’ Liability Assurance Society (ALAS) article titled “Firm’s Alleged Failure to Properly Advise Client about Preserving Electronic Evidence Leads to Malpractice Claim”

  • 7th Circuit Council provides introduction to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

  Federal Court Guidelines, Checklists and Model Orders

  • Northern District of California ESI Guidelines (2015)

  • District of Delaware Default Standard for Electronic Discovery

  • District of Kansas ESI Guidelines