Is a Printed Document Defective in Law?

Is a Printed Document Defective in Law?

Interesting post about Dominic Jaar's article in Driot Inc. by John Gregory in yesterday's Slaw offerings:

Is a Printed Document Defective in Law?

"It is certainly well known that requests for electronic discovery generally specify that documents are to be produced in their native format, in order to capture the metadata. Is this a sign of the direction that legal analysis will go in other areas as well, that having a paper document will simply not be good enough for legal purposes? Will people have to keep the electronic original of anything that is created, even if only to be used in printed form?"