Carefully Consider Proportionality in Discovery or Risk Court Revisions
More than seven years after the 2015 amendments to the permissible scope of discovery in Rule 26(b), parties continue to struggle with drafting reasonable and proportional discovery.
June 01, 2023 at 10:21 AM
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E-DiscoveryParties in litigation are expected to consider reasonableness and proportionality factors when preparing or responding to discovery requests. Not only does Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1 instruct the parties and the court to construe and employ the Federal Rules to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action, but parties must also abide by Federal Rule 26(g)'s instructions. Pursuant to Rule 26(g), every discovery request, response, or objection must be signed certifying that the discovery is "neither unreasonable nor unduly burdensome or expensive, considering the needs of the case, prior discovery in the case, the amount in controversy, and the importance of the issues at stake in the action."
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