Rules Updates – New E-discovery and E-mail Service Rules Effective September 1st

[author: Brian C. Willis]

Per the Florida Supreme Court’s Order amending the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure to implement service by email, the following rules have been updated:

• 1.080 Service of Pleadings, Orders, and Documents
• 1.170 Counterclaims and Crossclaims
• 1.351 Production of Documents and Things Without Deposition
• 1.410 Subpoena
• 1.440 Setting Action for Trial
• 1.442 Proposals for Settlement
• 1.510 Summary Judgment
• 1.630 Extraordinary Remedies

Per the Florida Supreme Court’s Order amending the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure to facilitate electronic discovery, the following rules have been updated:

• 1.200 Pretrial Procedure
• 1.201 Complex Litigation
• 1.280 General Provisions Governing Discovery
• 1.340 Interrogatories to Parties
• 1.350 Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection
• 1.380 Failure to Make Discovery, Sanctions
•  1.410 Subpoena

All of these amendments are effective as of September 1, 2012.