text: 2016 has been quite the year, and it looks as if 2017 could be quite the year. To close out this year, a link to Nathan Schactman's December 28, 2016 blog article regarding the likelihood that 2017 will bring an end to the federal rule for the ancient document exception to the hearsay rule. The article covers much ground and is quite helpful when thinking about various aspects of the future for the litigation industry.