A long time ago in the e-discovery world, sometime pre-2006, the generally accepted practice was to de-duplicate documents within each custodian's files. For example, if Custodian A had two copies of the same document in his files and Custodian B had one copy of that same document, parties would produce only one of the copies from Custodian A's files but still produce the copy from Custodian B's files.
To read this article in full, please click here.
Originally published in Today's General Counsel
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.
We operate a free-to-view policy, asking only that you register in order to read all of our content. Please login or register to view the rest of this article.