More than five years after the e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were adopted, the cost of discovery is still increasing at an alarming rate. In the recent Fulbright Litigation Trends Survey, the majority of respondents expect to increase their eDiscovery budgets even in the face of overall budget cuts. Technology helped cause this problem and it can help us to address it.

The discussion included:

• Responding to preservation demands
• Asserting effective objections
• Using Rule 26(f) conference to achieve discovery goals     
• Using aggressive transparency
• Leveraging technology to reduce eDiscovery collection and review costs