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Discovery From Former Attorney About Disputed Quid Pro Quo Offer to Opponent

E-Discovery LLC

11, 2024), involved a request for discovery from a former Town attorney concerning an offer that he allegedly made to plaintiffs. The court: set out the governing standard for discovery from an attorney and, denied a request to depose the attorney; but, authorized a limited interrogatory to him. Albra , 2024 WL 4471672 (S.D.N.Y.

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Deposition Misconduct: Rules, Risks, and Remedies

WA Bar News

In this column, we’ll address a narrower, but more common, subset of deposition misconduct that the ABA opinion touches on: improper “coaching” during depositions and improper objections intended to impede the questioner. 10 Second, we’ll focus on depositions rather than hearings or trials. Washington RPC 4.4(a)

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StubHub: “The Court is not going to do that.”

E-Discovery LLC

13, 2024), the court began its decision of discovery issues with: “At the hearing Plaintiffs tried to walk back this [discovery] request and said it was limited to refund data, rather than a wholesale redo of non-custodial discovery. In that time, StubHub has taken 35 depositions and moved for summary judgment.

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DEPOSITION OUTLINE OF A MEDICAL MALPRACTRICE DEFENSE EXPERT

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

There are a volume of available ideas and outlines for the discovery deposition of a medical malpractice expert including advice to not take the deposition at all in some circumstances. FULL DETAILS 5 HOW MANY PAST DEPOSITIONS GIVEN? Here is a very basic outline, you can use as a format for your case.

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Another Cinderella Situation –Motion Denied as Untimely?

E-Discovery LLC

This case is, in part, a trade secret case involving alleged misappropriation of source code, so requests seeking production of source code and related data are an expected part of discovery…. The court proceeded to resolve a number of other discovery issues. 1, 2023)( untimely discovery objection was waived); cf.

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Felder: Part 1 of 4:  Court-Ordered Transcription of “Meet and Confer” Session

E-Discovery LLC

The Court “presided over a discovery dispute hearing related to Plaintiff’s motions to compel interrogatory requests and requests for production of documents, and related to a motion for a protective order filed by the Defendant.” Sometimes Discovery Disputes Do Not Bring Out the Best in Us – Part II (Jun. 7, 2024)(Simms, J.),

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Court Holds Privilege Was Waived by Failure to Timely Provide a Privilege Log

E-Discovery LLC

PNI objected to discovery in part by asserting several privileges. After document was used in a deposition, PNI sought a “clawback” under the ESI Protocol. As it stands, the discovery period in this case expires on June 5, 2024 (a date the parties jointly requested approximately a month ago)….

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