eDiscovery Assignment 1

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM   To :         Daniel Proust, Supervising Attorney From :     Bobbie Tremmel, Student Paralegal Date :      September 10, 2023 Re :         Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence as they relate to Electronically Stored Information                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ASSIGNMENT : Prepare an Interoffice Memorandum briefly discussing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for §16, §26, §34, and §37; and the Federal Rules of Evidence for §502. ISSUES : 1. Briefly discuss the roles of the FRCP and FRE in eDiscovery . The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide a structure for civil litigation. These rules impose an affirmative duty onto the litigants in a dispute to disclose and exchange all relevant information. The role of the FRCP is to mandate resolving issues in litigation by proactive planning and preparing through the most cost-effective means possible, and that both parties resolve their disputes quickly, and fairly. When it comes to discovery, the FRCP requires that both parties communicate and cooperate in selecting a technology- assisted review (TAR) that is best for proceeding forward with resolving their case. The FRCP acts as a guide to the legal team in balancing relevancy with proportionality. The role of the Federal Rules of Evidence when it comes to discovery is to protect confidential information that may have been inadvertently shared when exchanging electronically stored information. Sometimes the ESI that is disclosed to the opposing party