E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

Although a party responding to discovery requests in litigation is generally entitled to select the custodians it deems most likely to possess responsive information, standards of proportionality still apply to that selection and any challenge by the propounding party. In this article, first published in Law360 on January 9, 2025, Sidley lawyers Tom Paskowitz, Colleen Kenney, and Matt Jackson take a closer look at recent decisions involving the standard principles of proportionality as they apply to the selection of custodians.