Dallas Conference on Preservation/Sanctions (9/9/11)

Materials Produced for Mini-Conference on Preservation and Sanctions
Judicial Conference Subcommittee on Discovery
September 9, 2011
Dallas, Texas

Materials Produced by the Advisory Committee (pdf)

• Proposed Agenda
• Notes from the Mini-Conference on Preservation and Sanctions
• Preservation/Sanctions Issues
• Elements of a Preservation Rule
• Case Law on Elements of a Potential Preservation Rule

Comments Submitted (pdf)

• Robert Owen
• Department of Justice
• Center for Constitutional Litigation
• Lawyers for Civil Justice
• Thomas Y. Allman
• New York Bar Association
• Thomas Y. Allman, Jason R. Baron, and Maura R. Grossman
• Microsoft
• Kroll Ontrack

Empirical Data or Research (pdf)

• RAND Corporation – Costs of Pre-Trial Discovery of Electronically Stored Information
• Civil Justice Reform Group – Preliminary Report on the Preservation Costs Survey of Major Companies
• The Sedona Conference – Membership Survey on Preservation and Sanctions
• Federal Judicial Center – Motions for Sanctions Based Upon Spoliation of Evidence in Civil Cases