Summary
For discovery, the two most significant amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) of the last two decades occurred in 2006 and 2015. The 2006 amendments marked the official dawn of the age of eDiscovery, incorporating references to electronically-stored information into the rules and their comments. The 2015 amendments revised, among other things, FRCP 26(b)(1), which defines the scope of discovery. The change brought the existing-but-overlooked concept of proportionality front and center in an attempt to combat the runaway cost and scale of discovery in the digital era. In general, courts responded to this change by increasing their focus on proportionality and beginning to treat it as a fundamental requirement for obtaining discovery, on par with relevance.
In this Whitepaper
- The origin of the proportionality requirement
- The six key factors courts consider
- Guidance from The Sedona Conference
Key Insights
- The importance of non-monetary factors in assessing proportionality
- The role of ESI protocols in resolving proportionality disputes
- The need to argue proportionality with specificity and supporting evidence
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