e-Lawyering Statements of Information Withheld Comply with Amended Rule 34, Motion to Compel Denied August 29, 2016 by kgates Rowan v. Sunflower Elec. Power Corp., No. 15-cv-9227-JWL-TJJ, 2016 WL 3743102 (D. Kan. July 13, 2016) In this case, the court addressed, among other things, the sufficiency of Defendant’s objections to Plaintiff’s Requests for Production and in particular its compliance with the new requirements of amended Fed. R. Civ. P. 34, effective as of December […] Read more » CASE SUMMARIES FEDERAL RULES AMENDMENTS
e-Lawyering Court Concludes Defendant’s Request was “precisely the kind of disproportionate discovery that Rule 26—old or new—was intended to preclude.” January 19, 2016 by kgates Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Merck & Co., Inc., No. 5:13-cv-04057-BLF, 2016 WL 146574 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 13, 2016) In this case, the court addressed Defendant’s motion to compel production of additional discovery and, applying newly amended Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1), determined that Defendant’s request was “precisely the kind of disproportionate discovery that Rule 26—old […] Read more » CASE SUMMARIES FEDERAL RULES AMENDMENTS
e-Lawyering “The amendments may not look like a big deal at first glance, but they are.” – Chief Justice Roberts, 2015 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary January 4, 2016 by kgates Chief Justice John Roberts has issued his annual report on the federal judiciary, focused primarily on the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including a brief history of their development and discussion of their intended effects. Among other things, the report makes clear that the amendments “mark significant change, for both lawyers […] Read more » FEDERAL RULES AMENDMENTS NEWS & UPDATES
e-Lawyering Court Applies Amended Rule 26, Concludes Burdens on Parties Resisting Discovery Have Not Fundamentally Changed December 17, 2015 by kgates Carr v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., No.3:15-cv-1026-M, 2015 WL 8010920 (N.D. Tex. Dec. 7, 2015) In this case, the court addressed Defendant’s Motion to Compel discovery responses and undertook substantial analysis of the effects of newly amended Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 on the burdens of parties’ resisting discovery, concluding they had […] Read more » CASE SUMMARIES FEDERAL RULES AMENDMENTS
e-Lawyering Today is the Day! Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Effective Dec. 1, 2015 December 1, 2015 by kgates The wait is over. Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are effective today. The 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are significant and will have a direct impact on the day to day practice of law, particularly discovery. If you’ve been putting off your review of the amendments, the time […] Read more » FEDERAL RULES AMENDMENTS NEWS & UPDATES
e-Lawyering Another Milestone Passes: Judicial Conference Approves Federal Civil Rules Amendments September 17, 2014 by K&L Gates As reported by the National Law Journal (subscription required), the Judicial Conference has approved proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. No revisions to the proposals were reported. The proposals will now go before the United States Supreme Court for review and, if approved, will take effect on December 1, 2015, absent any... Continue Reading Read more » FEDERAL RULES AMENDMENTS NEWS & UPDATES