With more than a hundred countries around the world with their own version of a data privacy law, the U.S. approach to discovery—one that has historically prioritized disclosure over data protection—may soon find itself the odd one out.

Though these tensions already manifest during cross-border discovery, the current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure don’t account for the impact of discovery proceedings on the data privacy rights of the parties involved—directly or indirectly—in litigation.

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