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Newly Amended Federal Civil Rule 26(b)(1)

 

Injecting Healthy Doses of Proportionality and Relevance to Curtail the Scope of Discovery

Recently, a comprehensive collection of modifications to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect. These modifications will drastically change the way discovery is conducted in federal court going forward. The recent changes were devised to put a greater focus on proportional discovery, elevated collaboration and reduced gamesmanship