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Scheduling Orders Are Mandatory; Vital to Caseload Management; and, Enforced Even Where Parties Got Themselves Into a “Pickle” by Dilatory Efforts to Cooperate

E-Discovery LLC

1, 2024), opens with the court’s statement that: The parties jointly ask to extend the discovery deadline and continue the trial. As the parties have demonstrated that they cannot manage the discovery process efficiently on their own, court oversight is necessary. Then, they “asked for and received 10 months to conduct discovery.”

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No Longer ‘Bad Luck’ On Board

WA Bar News

Challenges: I still encounter what I call mens room mediation, which is probably not unique to maritime law, but happens when a male attorney and a male mediator will have case-related conferences in places like the mens roomand exclude women. It can make you feel like youre not getting a fair shake with the mediator.

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The Complete Guide to Drafting Legal Document Review Protocols

Percipient

When lawyers prepare for litigation, depositions, mediations, or even internal investigations, they conduct a document review to find all the documents related to the project. If the document review is large enough, they may enlist the help of others, like document review attorneys.

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11 ChatGPT Prompts to Transforming Your Legal Practice

Lawmatics

It's a great tool during the preparation phase for depositions or trials. 4 Honing Negotiation Skills Prompt: "Take the role of a mediator in a contentious divorce case where assets and child custody are in dispute. It can be utilized in preparation for mediation or negotiation sessions.