With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, hearts and flowers aren’t the only things on lawyers’ minds. Feb. 15 is the deadline to comment on proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which could significantly change discovery practice.
Proposed changes to Rule 26 “will narrow the window plaintiffs have to get justice,” said Michael O’Keefe Cowles, who testified at a Feb. 7 hearing at a Dallas-Fort Worth Airport hotel. It was one of three hearings nationwide for public input on the proposed changes. Cowles is an attorney for the nonprofit Equal Justice Center in Dallas, which is working with a coalition of plaintiff lawyers to prevent the committee from finalizing those changes to Rule 26.
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