The US Federal Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (the "Advisory Committee") has proposed a series of amendments to the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure—the rules that govern the conduct of civil proceedings in the US federal district courts. Among other issues, the amendments are intended to address and provide for proportionality in the discovery process, as well as the establishment of uniform standards for the imposition of sanctions where a party fails to preserve and produce discoverable information. Joseph G. Falcone, a partner in our New York office, discusses the amendments in detail here.
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