“Proportionality” and the New Federal Discovery Rules: Leverage for Litigators

It’s a new year, and lawyers across the country are grappling with recent changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure’s discovery procedures.  Learn about how to use the new “proportionality” standard to best limit your exposure to burdensome discovery requests.  Learn how to avoid pitfalls when applying the new requirements for “specificity” when asserting objections.  And learn how other changes to the rules will affect the timing of discovery.