Over at the ABA Books Brief Blog, you can read an excerpt of Electronic Evidence and Discovery: What Every Lawyer Should Know Now, Second Edition, by Michele C.S. Lange and Kristin M. Nimsger.
Cost Allocation for E-Discovery
The price tag connected to an electronic discovery project can be significant, depending on the circumstances of the case. Not surprisingly, some of the most intense arguments ensue over which party should bear the costs associated with e-discovery. All courts have the authority to require a party requesting discovery to pay the costs that will be incurred by the responding party; it is in the court’s discretion whether to exercise this authority, and under what circumstances…
