Dec. 21, 2011 – Everyone retrieves, retains, and discards information in various ways – and, ever increasingly, electronically. Recognizing the special challenges presented by the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI), the Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted new electronic discovery rules, effective Jan. 1, 2011.
In light of these new rules, State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE™ has just released a revised edition of Wisconsin Discovery Law and Practice, which now includes a chapter on discovery of ESI. The new chapter and expanded discussions throughout the book provide guidance concerning such discovery and the duty to preserve ESI.
The revised edition also:
Incorporates amendments to Wisconsin statutes governing admissibility of expert testimony (the Daubert standard) and admissibility of mandatory reports by health-care providers.
Discusses recent Wisconsin appellate court opinions addressing issues such as requests to withdraw admissions; findings required for imposition of sanctions; and requests to withdraw a previously asserted privilege against self-incrimination.
Includes information about the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and recent federal court opinions applying Federal Rule of Evidence 502, dealing with attorney-client privilege and work-product protection.
In this fourth edition, several of Wisconsin’s top civil litigators share their collective knowledge of, and provide guidance on, effective discovery in Wisconsin. Five chapters focus on key discovery procedures: depositions; interrogatories; requests for admissions; inspections of documents, things, and places; and physical, mental, and vocational examinations, explaining how to prepare, conduct, respond to, use, and enforce such discovery requests, including examples and forms. Additional chapters discuss the scope and ethics of discovery, electronic discovery, experts in the discovery process, and judicial supervision of discovery requests.
“Whether as a reference text or a survivor’s manual, Wisconsin Discovery Law and Practice fills a large need for practitioners who engage in any amount of civil litigation,” observed Marquette Law School Professor Daniel Blinka when the Wisconsin Lawyer™ magazine published a review of this treatise’s first edition. “Any lawyer involved in any type of civil litigation should own and use this book.”
Members can buy Wisconsin Discovery Law and Practice in print for $155 ($195 for nonmembers), plus tax and shipping. Subscribers to the Bar’s automatic supplementation service receive updates at a discount. Annual subscriptions to Books UnBound start at $129 per title and $649 for the full library (single-user prices; call for firm pricing). To order or for more information, visit WisBar’s Marketplace or contact the State Bar at (800) 728-7788 or (608) 257-3838.
