Producing Documents Kept in the Regular Course of Business
The discovery process can create significant stress for parties involved in litigation. One of the most onerous aspects of discovery, especially for businesses, is document production. Document production often requires the disclosure of voluminous records, some of which may be several years old and may contain proprietary or sensitive information. Electronic storage and retrieval capabilities have made the process easier, but responding to requests for production of documents remains burdensome. The burden has been made slightly less heavy by a ruling by a magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. In Kwasniewski v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S.…