TCDI was proud to join he Rabiej Litigation Law Center in the first webinar of our thee-part MDL series to discuss why millions of discovery documents are produced in mass-tort MDLs despite multiple amendments to Rule 26, which were intended to rein in overbroad discovery.

During this 60-minute discussion, experts examined different meanings the bench and bar ascribe to the term “relevant” as it is used in Rule 26. 

Jennifer Goldblatt, Paul Doolittle, and Hon. Vaughn Walker discuss how they interpret the meaning of “relevant” from their respective perspectives while Jennifer Andres explains how eDiscovery-service providers interpret instructions from their clients for what matter is relevant. Judge Paul Niemeyer continues the discussion by describing the history of the change of the scope of discovery in 2000 from “relevant to subject matter” to “relevant to any parties’ claims and defenses,” which was intended to narrow discovery.

This webinar features:

• John Rabiej (Moderator), Founder of the Rabiej Litigation Law Center
• Hon. Paul Niemeyer, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, former chair of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules
• Hon. Vaughn Walker, Northern District of California (ret.), Vaughn R Walker, ADR Law Office
• Paul Doolittle, Poulin | Willey | Anastopoulo, LLC
• Jennifer Goldblatt, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
• Jennifer Andres, TCDI