On December 5, 2024, the Florida Supreme Court adopted amendments to Rule 1.280(c) of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. The decision was a victory for WLF, which had joined a coalition of civil-justice reform groups to urge adoption of the proposed changes. The coalition’s comment asked the Court to amend the rule to explicitly state that discovery must be “proportional to the needs of the case,” consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1). The new rule does just that.
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