In April 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States approved and submitted to Congress proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (the "Amendments"). From an aggregate perspective, these Amendments are engineered to speed things up a bit and focus primarily on early case management, the scope of discovery, and Electronically Stored Information ("ESI"). The Amendments take effect on December 1, 2015. Here is what you need to know: Continue reading >