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Title	Author(s)	Entity	Description	Publish Date	Doc Type
Electronic Mail Recordkeeping	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Email recordkeeping instructions	3/15/2000	PDF
Searching and Seizing Computers	Department of Justice	Department of Justice	Searching/Seizing Computers	7/1/2002	HTML Offsite
Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, et al (I)	Judge Scheindlin	So. District of New York	Cost-Shifting Order re electronic data	5/13/2003	PDF
Propulsid Order	Judge Fallon	E. District of Louisiana	eRecords Discovery Order	4/19/2001	PDF
Draft Proposal for a Redesign of Federal Records Management	National Archives and Records Administration	National Archives and Records Administration	Draft NARA proposal for Federal Records Management	7/4/2002	PDF
Standards for the Creation, Use, Preservation, and Disposition of Electronic Records	National Archives and Records Administration	National Archives and Records Administration	Parks, Forests, And Public Property Electronic Records Management	7/1/2001	DOC
BLM Electronic Mail Management Policy	State Director, CA	US Bureau of Land Management	California BLM Lotus Notes e-mail management	1/13/2003	PDF
U.S. Department of Commerce E-mail Policy	US Department of Commerce	US Department of Commerce	DOC E-mail Policy		DOC
Design Criteria Standard For Electronic Records Management Software Applications	John P. Stenbit	US Department of Defense	DOD e-records management standards	6/19/2002	DOC
Retrieval of Electronic Documents	Inspector General	US Department of Defense	DOD e-records	11/1/2002	PDF
Records Schedule 20 Electronic Records	US Department of Energy	US Department of Energy	DOE authorization for disposition of specified electronic records	6/18/2002	PDF
What You Need to Know to Manage Your Electronic Mail Records	Deputy State Director, Support Services	US Bureau of Land Management	New Mexico BLM email management guidance	7/13/2000	DOC
The Sedona Principles	The Sedona Conference	The Sedona Conference	Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production	1/1/2004	PDF Offsite
Spoliation of Evidence: Trend To A New Tort State Survey Chart	Sachs, Trembly, Wexler	Podvey Sachs, Meanor Catenacci	Spoliation of electronic evidence state survey chart	9/1/2001	HTML Offsite
Electronic Discovery and Computer Forensics Case Law (Organized by Topic)	KrollOnTrack	KrollOnTrack	Summaries of electronic discovery and computer forensics case law	4/22/2003	PDF Offsite
Testa v. Walmart Order	Judge Selya	District Court of New Hampshire	Order regarding responsibility to retain records after Notice	5/21/1998	DOC
Rowe v. William Morris	Judge Francis	So. District of New York	Order regarding costs associated with electronic record discovery	1/16/2002	DOC
Department of Defense Directive 50152p	John Hamre	Department of Defense	DOD Directive regarding records management	3/6/2000	PDF
In the Matter of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., et al	Jonathan G. Katz	Securities and Exchange Commission	SEC ruling re electronic mail retention	12/3/2002	HTML Offsite
SEC Final Rule: Retention of Records Relevant to Audits and Reviews	Margaret H. McFarland	Securities and Exchange Commission	SEC rule on records retention	1/4/2003	HTML Offsite
SEC Interpretation: Electronic Storage of Broker-Dealer Records	Margaret H. McFarland	Securities and Exchange Commission	SEC interpretation of	5/7/2003	HTML Offsite
Rule 17a-4 of Securities Exchange Act of 1934	Securities and Exchange Commission	Securities and Exchange Commission	SEC rule on record-keeping under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934		HTML Offsite
Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, et al (III)	Judge Scheindlin	So. District of New York	Follow-up ruling; extending court's analysis of cost-shifting	7/24/2003	PDF
Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, et al (IV)	Judge Scheindlin	So. District of New York	Fourth ruling; cost-shifting and a failure to preserve documents	10/22/2003	PDF
Metropolitan Opera Ass'n v. Local 100	Judge Preska	So. District of New York	Failure to produce electronic documents	1/28/2003	PDF
Residential Funding Corp. v. DeGeorge Fin. Corp.	Judges Jacobs, Cabranes, F.I. Parker	US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit	Failure to produce electronic information, including information from backup tapes	9/26/2002	PDF
In re Bristol-Myers Squibb Securities Litigation	Judge Hughes	New Jersey District Court	Copy costs not assessed since producing party failed to disclose that documents were available in electronic form	2/4/2002	PDF
Keir v. UnumProvident	Judge Cote	So. District of New York	Failure to preserve archival data	8/22/2003	PDF
In re Ford Motor Company	Judges Edmondson, Carnes & Carnes	US Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit	Overly broad e-discovery request	9/22/2003	PDF
New Jersey Local Rule 26.1(d)	NJ Federal District Court	NJ Federal District Court	Requirement that litigators review clients' computer and information management systems	8/1/2003	PDF
Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, et al (V)	Judge Scheindlin	So. District of New York	Fifth ruling; cost-shifting and a failure to preserve documents	7/20/2004	PDF
Proposed Model Local Rule on Electronic Discovery	Ninth Circuit Advisory Board	Ninth Circuit Judicial Counsel	Proposed model local rule on e-discovery	5/26/2004	PDF
Proposed NARA E-Mail Retention Rule	National Archives and Records Administration	National Archives and Records Administration	Proposed Retention Rule for Short-Term E-Mail	11/3/2004	PDF
Coleman v. Morgan Stanley	Judge Maass	15th Circuit Court of Palm Beach, FL	Order issued in the case of Coleman vs. Morgan Stanley	3/1/2005	pdf