Updated List: Local Rules, Forms and Guidelines of United States District Courts Addressing E-Discovery Issues
Electronic Discovery Law:
At least 38 United States District Courts now require compliance with special local rules, forms or guidelines addressing the discovery of electronically stored information. In some districts where there are no local rules or court-mandated forms, individual judges have created their own forms or set out their own preferred protocols for e-discovery. Here is current collection of United States District Court local rules, standards, guidelines and judge-mandated forms and protocols that specifically address e-discovery issues, with links to the relevant materials.
Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
Local Rule 26.1 Outline for Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) Report
District of Alaska
Local Form 26(f): Scheduling and Planning Conference Report (see item 4(B))
Local Rule 16.1 Pre-Trial Procedures (requiring use of Local Form 26(f) or one substantially similar)
District of Arizona
Order Setting Rule 16 Case Management Conference (Magistrate Judge Michelle H. Burns)
Order Setting Rule 16 Case Management Conference (District Judge David G. Campbell)
Order Setting Rule 16 Case Management Conference (Magistrate Judge David K. Duncan)
Order Setting Rule 16 Case Management Conference (District Judge Mary H. Murguia)
Northern District of California
Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of California: Contents Of Joint Case Management Statement (see item 6)
Local Rule 16-9 Case Management Statement and Proposed Order (requiring parties’ Joint Case Management Statement to include all topics listed in Standing Order)
District of Colorado
Appendix F: Instructions for Preparation of Scheduling Order and Form Scheduling Order
District of Connecticut
Local Rules 16(b), 26, 37 and Form 26(F)
District of Delaware
Default Standards for Discovery of Electronic Documents
Middle District of Florida
Civil Discovery Practice Handbook (see Part VII “Technology”)
Southern District of Florida
Rule 16.1 Pretrial Procedure in Civil Actions
Rule 26.1 Discovery and Discovery Material (Civil)
Appendix A: Discovery Practices Handbook (see Part III, in particular)
Southern District of Georgia
Rule 26(f) Report
Central District of Illinois
Magistrate Judge Byron G. Cudmore’s Rule 16 Scheduling Order
Magistrate Judge David G. Bernthal’s Suggested…