The recent article on the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules, "Proposal Would Tie Scope of Discovery to Amount in Controversy" (NYLJ and LTN, July 9), says in error that "[u]nder the current federal discovery standard…any material that could lead to admissible evidence is generally discoverable, regardless of the amount in controversy."
That is not true. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(2)(C) requires the court, on motion or on its own, to limit discovery if it determines that "the burden or expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit, considering the needs of the case, the amount in controversy," and several other factors.
