Discovery hearings have been a key part of civil legal disputes since before the cows came home. However, the rules and legislation have of course been built on paper documents. However, electronic evidence has been growing in importance over the past decade or so, and that means new rules are called for. The US Supreme Court has introduced new such rules, that go into effect in December. they require a company to disclose its handling of electronic evidence and covers among other things e-mail, another area that has cost a lot of companies a lot of money, because people are just not careful about what they say in their e-mail messages. New e-discovery rules go into effect in December