The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation
The Sedona Conference · July 2008; reprinted in The Sedona Conference Journal, Volume 10 Supplement · 2008
Access and status
Cost
Free
Free to read or download at source. No account, no purchase.
Status
Current
Current as at the verification date below. Standards and tools both move — confirm at source before you rely on it.
What it is
A short statement, endorsed by a large number of federal and state judges, that discovery is a non-adversarial exchange and that counsel have an obligation to cooperate on process even while contesting the merits. It remains a stable, frequently cited citation in discovery opinions.
Who it is for, and when
Cite it when you need authority for the proposition that a party cannot litigate the mechanics of ESI collection as a tactic, and read it before a Rule 26(f) conference in a case with a technically complex data set. It is short enough to read in one sitting.
What it does not cover
It is aspirational: it creates no duty, provides no remedy, and does not tell you what cooperation requires in any concrete dispute. It is a US document with no application outside that system.
Go to the source
Open at thesedonaconference.org (opens in a new tab)https://thesedonaconference.org/publication/The_Sedona_Conference_Cooperation_Proclamation
Details
- Type
- Standard or guidance
- Written for
- Lawyers and courtsLawyers and courts
- Publisher
- The Sedona Conference
- Version verified
- July 2008; reprinted in The Sedona Conference Journal, Volume 10 Supplement
- Year
- 2008
- Topics
- ediscovery, ethics, proportionality
- Checked at source
- Standards are revised. Confirm the current revision with the publisher before citing this.
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