Discovery: New Developments and Best Practices to Manage Risk and Spend

Despite several rounds of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, parties and the courts still struggle to achieve proportionality. In addition, new privacy laws including the GDPR have created additional burden and cost.  This session will discuss on-going advocacy by the defense bar to continue to drive for further changes in the rules and Amicus Brief activity to help ensure the case law develops consistent with the spirit of changes to the rules.   This session will also offer tips and best practices in managing discovery.

Participants will learn about the activity with the Rules Committee and other initiatives to drive further change around MDL rules, 30(b)(6), and proportionality, as well as better understand the practical implications of GDPR and best practices to manage discovery risk and spend.

This program is currently available for 1.0 general credit in the following states:

In addition, we have applied for credit in the following states, and will promptly update the list above as the program is approved in each such state:

*In Hawaii and New Jersey, we rely on their reciprocity policies pursuant to which our programs are deemed accredited once they are approved in the various reciprocity states where we apply such as California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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