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When Can a Party Refer to Produced Records as an Answer to an Interrogatory?

E-Discovery LLC

Plaintiff contended that, in response to plaintiffs interrogatories, Defendants improperly refer to hundreds of pages of documents, which is non-responsive, evasive, and in violation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33(d). First, it must show that a review of the documents will actually reveal answers to the interrogatories.

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Amendments to CR 26 and 30 Will Change Discovery and Deposition Practice

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1 The amendments to CR 26 affect objections, supplementation, and disclosure of experts. 1, 2024, codify procedure for depositions by remote means. In response to the objection this might increase costs and introduce ambiguity, the Work Group determined most parties already ask for supplementation, so there is no net increase in work.

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

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The identification of non-custodial sources of data is a foundational issue, and you don’t get to make an objection to the other side’s disclosure and then hold on to that objection forever and ever, and years later ask to start the whole process over from scratch. We’re not starting this over from the beginning. emphasis added].

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Another Cinderella Situation –Motion Denied as Untimely?

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Here, the burdens associated with the proposed discovery, including re-doing liability expert reports and depositions, are heavy; and the likely benefits, given the elapsed deadlines, are nil. 1, 2023)( untimely discovery objection was waived); cf. The court will deny Fiskars’ motion for this reason alone.

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

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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. They also sought the former attorney’s deposition regarding the alleged offer. Thus, those two factors weighed in favor of a deposition.

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Two Recent Decisions Imposing Sanctions for Discovery Failures

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Etame did not appear for his deposition on March 10, 2022. Nguhs motions, but held the sanctions motion in abeyance, and ordered Mr. Etame to appear for deposition. After the parties discussed scheduling, Mr. Etame failed to appear for deposition. Benton filed suit, Hartley Hall propounded interrogatories and document requests.

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

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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.” Plaintiff later complained of lack of depositions. 7, 2024)(Simms, J.), That’s perfect.

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