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The Sending and Receipt of Metadata

By Laura Clark Fey and Dylan L. Murray
December 26, 2012

Metadata is everywhere ' in the overwhelming majority of electronically created documents and files. Distinct ethical and legal considerations and duties arise for in-house and for their company's outside counsel, both when sending and receiving electronic documents or files containing metadata. Further, those considerations and duties for in-house counsel and his/her company's outside counsel often differ and/or are dependent upon whether the transmission or receipt of metadata occurs in the context of: 1) discovery (i.e., productions pursuant to a discovery request or subpoena); or 2) non-discovery communications. The sections that follow provide an overview of the ethical and legal considerations in both of those contexts with respect to both the sending and receipt of metadata by in-house counsel and the company's outside counsel.

What Is Metadata?

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