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New York Law Journal

FRCP Amendments Take Effect, Impacting E-Discovery Practice

In their Federal E-Discovery column, H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss the long-anticipated amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which came into effect Dec. 1, 2015 and aim to address high impact issues in e-discovery practice, including the skyrocketing costs of e-discovery and the existing circuit split over the standard for sanctions for failure to preserve ESI.
14 minute read

Legaltech News

The Power of Proportionality: Inside Today's FRCP 26(b)(1) Change

The amended Rule places a higher emphasis on limiting discovery to that which is “proportional to the needs of the case.”
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Roberts v. Los Alamos National Sec., LLC

By | December 01, 2015
University's VP, Lab Chief May Be Deposed About Accident Incident Report's Creation
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Prosecutors Hit Back at Bridgegate Defendants' Discovery Gripes

The U.S. Department of Justice has vigorously denied claims by Bridgegate defendants William Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly that the government is holding back critical evidence in the case.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Inadmissible

Sent Home. All Tolled. Watched Watchers.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Company Sanctioned for Not Preserving Asbestos Documents

A company that made asbestos products in the 1980s should have anticipated it would be sued, and therefore the destruction of dozens of boxes of related documents in the 1990s was spoliation requiring sanction, a Manhattan state judge has ruled.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Relaxes Rules for Requests for Admissions

The discovery process is one of the most critical parts of litigation. As any practitioner knows, the discovery process has very specific and procedurally established deadlines. While these deadlines are frequently missed, and subsequently compelled through court order, one form of discovery carries with it, in theory at least, much stricter deadlines: requests for admissions.
6 minute read

Law.com

How the Ethics Rules Influence the Role of Discovery Counsel

This is the second in a three-part series about the critical role of discovery counsel on a successful litigation team. Here we explore ethical considerations that inform the role.
10 minute read

Legaltech News

Wait, What Does Spoliation Mean Now? A Look at the New FRCP Rule 37(e)

Deloitte's Mark Michels talks on the impetus behind the rule change and how it could bring cost savings.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Janssen Faces Contempt Hearing On 'Reanalysis' Docs

At a contempt hearing Monday during a Risperdal-related trial, a Janssen Pharmaceuticals employee testified it is unlikely the company would be able to produce "any and all" documents related to a "reanalysis" of data that has become a point of contention in the litigation.
4 minute read

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