Both the law and the profession have raced to keep pace with technological changes that define the early 21st century. While these changes have had a profound impact on every practice area, issues inherent in the transition from hard-copy to electronically stored information (ESI) came quickly to the fore in the context of civil discovery. After years of common law development, amendments to the rules of procedure, and sustained effort of practitioners, jurists and academics to address these issues, a principled, rules-based discovery regime eventually brought some order to the chaos that had been causing litigation costs to soar, and striking terror in the hearts of attorneys traversing the previously uncharted terrain of ESI. The journey, detailed in Electronically Stored Information in Maryland Courts, contains lessons for all.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

The legal landscape, and litigation, have changed markedly in the last decade.This book identifies the key issues related to ESI--pre-litigation management, preservation, collection, processing, review, production, and use in deposition and at trial--and provides clear, practical guidance to litigators. The book is divided into eight parts that follow the sequence from the pre-litigation stage through trial.

"Pack this one in your beach bag and get ready for nonstop fun." --- Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author, on Barefoot in the Sand As a professional gardener, Tessa Galloway can grow anything except the one thing she wants the most - a baby. Finally ready to take a chance on single motherhood by less-than-traditional means, her world is suddenly turned upside down when a sexy, mysterious new chef is hired for the resort in Barefoot Bay. Placed in the witness protection program after identifying his wife's killer, John Brown is on the cusp of getting back the only thing that matters - his toddler twins, taken into protective custody after the high profile crime that killed their mother. But when John learns the system requires him to prove he's married and stable before he can secure his children, he escalates the growing attraction for Tessa to a full-on seduction, leading right to the altar. But when love unexpected blooms between them, will his secret be the thing that uproots their happy ending?