Federal Discovery Proposals Would Further Limit Depositions, Emphasize Proportionality
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Proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure aim to reduce the burden of discovery.
The proposals set lower presumptive limits for depositions and interrogatories, emphasize proportionality, and limit sanctions for e-discovery violations, Law Technology News reports in an article by Milberg senior counsel Henry Kelston.
The proposed changes are being sent “up the rulemaking chain” as a result of a vote earlier this month by the U.S. Courts’ Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, according to Law Technology News. Barring unforeseen delays, the amendments could be enacted by December 2015, according to an articleby Reed Smith lawyers David Cohen and Emily Dimond.
“While historically most amendments to the rules have broadened discovery obligations,” Cohen and Dimond write, “there now appears to be wide support for proposals aimed at getting discovery back under control.”
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