Arkfeld on Electronic Discovery and Evidence is a robust 1,400 page treatise that provides comprehensive coverage of the discovery and admission of electronic evidence within the context of federal and state statutes, regulations, and case law. It provides practice tips and pointers and plain-language explanations on the following topics:
- Electronic information in litigation
- Creation and storage of electronic information
- Structure and type of electronic information
- Computer forensics, experts, and service bureaus
- Search, technology, and cost issues in managing ESI
- Discovery and production process
- Court procedural rules and case law & appendix: state cases and rules summary
- Admissibility of electronic evidence
In addition it provides checklists, sample discovery forms, letters, court orders, and cites to relevant case law. Finding aids include a Table of Cases, Glossary and Index. Cross-referenced with the treatise are four companion Best Practice Guides:
Electronic discovery and evidence;
ESI pretrial discovery : strategy and tactics;
Legal hold;
Information technology primer for legal professionals and a fully searchable CD-ROM.
