Discovery Rules: Former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), a senior advisor at Covington & Burling, writes an op-ed in support of proposed changes to the federal discovery rules aimed at reducing the cost and burdens of litigation, in The Wall Street Journal. Read previous coverage of the issue here in The National Law Journal.

Barging Counsel?: As the House Oversight Committee interviewed a whistleblower Thursday, “two guys from Commerce’s General Counsel office—very much uninvited—barged into the hearing,” The New York Post reports.