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

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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. emphasis added].

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E-Discovery 101 – – A Refresher on the Scope of Discovery + Boilerplate Objections Sustained

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9, 2024), provides a succinct summary of the scope of discovery under the December 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Information within this scope of discovery need not be admissible in evidence to be discoverable.” It – surprisingly – sustained boilerplate objections. The case involved a loan gone south.

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Discovery is the Lawyer’s X-Ray; However, an MRI May Not Be Reasonable

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29, 2024), rejected “oceanic” discovery requests, while permitting reasonable ones. The court wrote: “Not surprisingly, discovery in this case, like ‘the course of true love, [has been anything but] smooth.’ Subrin, “Fishing Expeditions Allowed: The Historical Background of the 1938 Federal Discovery Rules,” 39 B.C. Rodriguez v.

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

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In the latest iteration of In Re StubHub Refund Litigation , 2024 WL 3817068 (N.D. 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.

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Is a Vehicle’s “On Board” or “Dash Cam” Video Protected From Disclosure as “Work Product?”

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Plaintiff responded that the videos were not created in anticipation of litigation and therefore they are not protected work product. It explained that “there is nothing in the record to suggest that Defendant created the requested videos in anticipation of litigation. Next , the court overruled the improper boilerplate objections.

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Another Cinderella Situation –Motion Denied as Untimely?

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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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When is Failure to Provide a Timely Privilege Log Excusable?

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THE MELTON FACTORS In Melton , 2024 WL 3015749, at *5, the court recognized the general rule: “[A]s a general rule, when a party fails to object timely to interrogatories, production requests, or other discovery efforts, objections thereto are waived…. The court held that one interrogatory failed to request production of the bills.