A friend asked the above Q on Twitter and, thinking about it, I decided a more thorough answer than 140 characters was needed. So, I'll post several blog posts over the days on this topic.
The importance of electronic information, how it is created, stored, treated, is significant.
The development of personal computers [and smartphones], digitized records and materials, and the Internet has vastly changed the practice of law. For instance, there are now Federal Rules and court rulings which require discovery to include ‘e-discovery’, obtaining electronic or digitized information in its native format, with metadata. And the duty to secure, preserve and protect digital information from destruction not only applies to the client but the lawyer as well.
