An overhaul of federal court rules that regulate the exchange of information in civil lawsuits took effect Dec. 1. Now, the rollout of the changes is generating its own controversy amid questions about corporate influence and private access to the judiciary.
The new rules state that litigants are entitled to documents and other materials from their opponents that are “proportional to the needs of the case.” The revisions, which were the result of a five-year rulemaking process, spurred heated debate among lawyers on whether the focus on proportionality would benefit corporate defendants and shut out plaintiffs by limiting their access to information.
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