Abstract
On November 1, 2011, the Utah Supreme Court implemented a set of revisions to Rule 26 and Rule 26.1 of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure designed to address concerns regarding the scope and cost of discovery in civil cases. Funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) conducted an empirical evaluation of the short-term and long-term impacts of the Rule 26 revisions. The evaluation consists of five components: an analysis of trends in aggregate filings; a comparison of case-level characteristics for cases filed before and after implementation of the Rule 26 revisions; a survey of attorneys representing parties in civil cases subject to the Rule 26 revisions; focus groups with district court judges to assess judicial observations and opinions about the impact of the Rule 26 revisions in court proceedings; and a survey of attorneys to document the costs associated with civil litigation in Utah district courts.
This abstract has been taken from the executive summary.
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
4-2014
Publication Information
National Center for State Courts (2014)
Repository Citation
Hannaford-Agor, Paula and Lee, Cynthia G., "Utah: Impact of the Revisions to Rule 26 on Discovery Practice in the Utah District Courts, Final Report" (2014). Faculty Publications. 2388.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/2388