As readers of Legaltech News can attest, there continues to be much buzz around the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP). Yet despite countless articles, conferences, and cases further interpreting the new rules, confusion remains about what exactly the rules stipulate and how they operate.

Take it from Patrick Oot, partner at Shook, Hardy, & Bacon in Washington D.C. and co-founder of the Electronic Discovery Institute (EDI). After authoring a number of articles as well as hosting panels on the topic across the country, he himself says, “I don’t think we’re doing a good job on educating both the bench and the bar about how to use the new rules.”

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