A year after the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) went into effect, guidance on proportionality in e-discovery requests and the preservation and spoliation of electronically stored information (ESI) have dominated federal e-discovery rulings, according to the “2016 Top EDiscovery Cases” report by Kroll Ontrack.

In sum, the increased amount of court opinions have sought to educate and better define how the FRCP amendments are to be applied by attorneys.