Amended Rules Five Months Later: Early Trends in Case Law and What It Means
Proposed FRCP Changes: Effect on eDiscovery, RIM & IG (CLE)
Proportionality: Why Considering Value of Case Is Important in Discovery—Judge Baylson
Proportionality is now the hottest legal issue involving eDiscovery, with the largest number of eDiscovery-related cases in the past year addressing the subject. Legal and their supporting IT teams that take full advantage of...more
Since the Federal Rule amendments in 2015 re-emphasized proportionality as a significant principle in relation to discovery, organizations have struggled to operationalize the discovery process in a proportional yet...more
The Federal Rule amendments in 2015 elevated the importance of proportionality, but practitioners have struggled to make arguments based on information, not speculation. For the past 16 months, a group of 56 practitioners,...more
During this virtual chat panelists will be asked to talk about their involvement in the project, and to share insights into the importance of the framework and how it may impact the legal industry. Attendees are encouraged to...more
I’m sure your response to the title is “no kidding, Captain Obvious!” So, let me explain what I mean by that. On this blog, I have previously discussed how Big Data is impacting eDiscovery workflows and what that means for...more
The 2015 amendments to the FRCP elevated the importance of proportionality in ediscovery, but has it lived up to its intended purpose? Our panel of speakers will discuss the past, present, and future potential of leveraging...more
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1 mandates a “just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of civil disputes.” In a perfect litigation world, parties would operate in good faith, draft reasonable discovery requests, answer...more
The ninth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
To collect or not to collect. That is the question. In discovery, parties must be proportional with what they preserve and collect – avoiding over-collection of information that is not needed, but at the same time not...more
The sixth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses. ...more
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen agreed with UPS that it did not have to spend six months and $120,000 to recover data stored on backup tapes that may not be relevant to the case if UPS prevails in its efforts to limit the...more
Recently, The Sedona Conference, a research and educational institute, published its 2016 Public Comment Version of The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery. This is the third version of...more
On December 1, very significant changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect. After nearly five years of work and debate, the new rules have debuted with both fanfare and trepidation. One of the most...more
The amendments that changed Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 on December 1, 2015 re-define the scope of discovery and seek to rein in abusive over-discovery. Two revisions in particular demonstrate that these amendments...more