Materials

Materials should not be circulated to the public until after June 22, 2019.

SURVEY RESULTS ON EXPERIENCE WITH 2015 RULE AMENDMENTS

• Three Surveys of Local Bench-Bar, Special-Focus Groups Who Met in Dallas (May 5, 2017), San Francisco (December 8, 2017), and Washington DC (July 13, 2018) Bolch/Duke Judicial Institute
• Survey of Members of Seven National Bar Organizations, Duke Bolch Judicial Institute (January 2019)
• Survey Replicating 2009 Federal Judicial Center Closed-Case Discovery-Cost Survey, Duke Bolch Judicial Institute (April 2019)
• Federal Judicial Center National, Case-Based Civil Rules Survey Preliminary Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules,  Emery G. Lee III & Thomas E. Willging Federal Judicial Center (October 2009)
• Survey of 250 Federal Judges on Discovery Practices, Exterro/Duke/EDRM (January 2019)
  • Exterro’s Key Takeaways of the Judges Survey, Exterro (January 2019)
  • ACEDS Blog Post Series: Parts 1-3, Failure to Comply with Federal Rules, Taking Affirmative Action to Address E-Discovery Problems, The Judges Role in the E-Discovery Process, George Socha (April – May, 2019)

DISCOVERY COSTS DATA

• 2019 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey: Impact of Changes to Federal Discovery Rules 
• Data Provided by In-House Corporate Counsel

FEDERAL CASELOAD STATISTICS

• U.S. District Courts–Civil Cases Terminated, by Nature of Suit and Action Taken, During the 12-Month Period Ending December 31, 2018
• Comparative Caseload Statistics

OTHER MATERIALS

• Implementing the 2015 Discovery Amendments to Achieve Proportionality (Second Edition 2018)
• Technology Assisted Review (TAR) Guidelines, EDRM/Duke Law (January 2019)
• Draft TAR Protocol, Bolch Judicial Institute (May 2019)
• Amended Rule 37(e): Case Summaries, Thomas Allman (January 2019)
• Report on Amended Rule 37(e),  Thomas Allman (January 2019)
• Practical Ways to Achieve Proportionality During Discovery and Reduce Costs in the Pretrial Phase of Federal Civil Cases, Akron Law Review, Judge Paul W. Grimm (March 2018)

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