An interesting piece from the National Law Journal describing several areas in which attorney access to electronic information is effecting access to key evidence in a variety of legal arenas.

The three areas described are:

• Motor vehicle "black box" recorders that provided data on the moments preceding a motor vehicle accident, which the auto industry is, in large part, fighting.

• Video of medical procedures, most notably births, which many doctors are fighting for fear of medical malptrctice claims.

• Electronic mail, which has become a key area of discovery. Understandably companies under fire want to restrict access as much as possible to their internal dealings.

The full article can be found here.

-- MDT