In 2012, several of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure were amended to better utilize electronically stored information or ESI in civil practice. The Florida amendments closely follow the 2006 Federal Rule amendments, but are not exact in all aspects to the federal amendments.

The Florida amendments pertain to the following rules of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure:

1.200 Case Management Conference; similar to Federal Rule 16.
1.201 Complex Litigation; there is no similar Federal Rule.
1.280 General Provisions Governing Discovery; similar to Federal Rule 26 Duty to Disclose, General Provisions Governing Discovery.
1.340 Interrogatories To Parties; similar to Federal Rule 33.
1.350 Production Of Documents And Things And Entry Upon Land For Inspection AND Other Purposes; similar to Federal Rule 34.
1.380 Failure To Make Discovery, Sanctions; similar to Federal Rule 37.
1.410 Subpoena; similar to Federal Rule 45
1.285 Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Materials; similar to Federal Rule of Evidence 502.