ESI is short for electronically stored information. ESI is the material turned over from one party to another during e-discovery. Examples of ESI include word processing documents, texts, emails and their attachments, or spreadsheets.
See example federal guidelines for ESI discovery: Recommendations for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Discovery Production in Federal Criminal Cases
[Last updated in July of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team]
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