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Spoliation Discovery Permitted

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7, 2025), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in this lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer. The court permitted spoliation interrogatories. Plaintiffs supplemental response stated: Plaintiff objects to this interrogatory as compound. Defendants Interrogatory No.

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A Wake Up Call Revisited: Read the Rules & Don’t Argue “Not Reasonably Calculated” in Federal Courts

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On a different, rules-based procedural issue, Canales asserted that contention interrogatories, which are permitted by Fed.R.Civ.P. The Canales court wrote: This argument is unpersuasive for two reasons. First, the Federal Rules provide that methods of discovery may be used in any sequence[.] Rule 33 Advisory Comm.

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11 ChatGPT Prompts to Transforming Your Legal Practice

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4 Streamlining Case Law Research Prompt: "Summarize the following recent Federal Circuit Court rulings on the Fourth Amendment search and seizure doctrine, focusing on decisions involving digital privacy issues. It's ideal for general legal research or when updating client advisory materials.