Philip Favro

Social media has changed considerably over the past several years. Newer forms of media—from messaging applications to digital assistants—are raising a number of ethical and practical issues that counsel must address in litigation. As discussed in a post recently published by the Relativity Blog, one of the primary issues

Civil litigation in 2017 presents any number of problems for lawyers. Beyond the usual challenge of preparing a case for trial while wrangling with litigation adversaries, counsel must now be aware of cyber security concerns and other digital age complexities. It’s no wonder that many

One of the most important aims of the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was the elimination of “unnecessary or wasteful discovery.” While a worthy objective, this goal is often elusive. Counsel, clients, and even the courts often get caught up in

The United States Judicial Conference is piloting a new discovery program in the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago) and the District of Arizona that could force radical change on litigation procedures as well as discovery culture. Referred to as the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (MIDP), the program is