Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, facing contempt allegations related to opioid litigation, is in hot water in a case that highlights the increasingly high stakes for law firms handling voluminous discovery.

While discovery in large litigation matters is often problematic, legal ethics experts said the courts are increasingly less empathetic and are being tougher on law firms because judges are less willing to overlook errors.

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