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Crescent City Builders, Inc. sues Apex Construction, Ltd. for unpaid work under a construction contract. Crescent seeks to admit an electronic Change Order (CO) approving additional scope of work, generated by Apex’s project-management software and saved as Change Order No. 47 in PDF format with Apex’s digital signature. The CO includes metadata, a trusted timestamp, and a certificate chain. Crescent captured the document in its project file. Apex objects, arguing possible signature forgery and credential compromise. The court must determine the evidentiary weight of the electronic document under A.M. No. 01-7-01-SC, Rule 7. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on the evidentiary weight of electronic documents under A.M. No. 01-7-01-SC, Rule 7. (b) Based on the facts and authentication offered, what evidentiary weight should the court give to the electronic document? (c) If the original electronic document is corrupted and the integrity cannot be established, what rule governs admissibility and weight under Rule 7?