{"id":231,"date":"2015-12-01T09:03:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T15:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=231"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:44:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:44:25","slug":"how-will-the-2015-amendment-to-the-federal-rules-affect-class-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/how-will-the-2015-amendment-to-the-federal-rules-affect-class-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"How Will the 2015 Amendment to the Federal Rules Affect Class Actions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/rules-policies\/pending-rules-amendments\" target=\"_blank\">amendments<\/a> to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which were approved on October 9, 2015, take effect on December 1, raising concerns about how some of the changes will affect\u00a0class action litigation.<\/p>\n<p>First, changes to existing Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (&#8220;FRCP&#8221;) 26(b)(1) will impose an express limitation on discovery. Now, discovery will be limited to information that is proportional to the needs of the case, considering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The importance of the issues at stake in the action,<\/li>\n<li>The amount in controversy,<\/li>\n<li>The parties&#8217; relative access to relevant information,<\/li>\n<li>The parties&#8217; resources,<\/li>\n<li>The importance of the discovery in resolving the issues, and<\/li>\n<li>Whether the burden or expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/how-will-the-2015-amendment-to-the-federal-rules-affect-class-actions\/#more-231\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which were approved on October 9, 2015, take effect on December 1, raising concerns about how some of the changes will affect\u00a0class action litigation. First, changes to existing Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (&#8220;FRCP&#8221;) 26(b)(1) will impose an express limitation on discovery. 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