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Non-Testifying Consultant Subject to Discovery Where Testifying Expert Relied on Consultant’s Work

E-Discovery LLC

26(a)(2) governs discovery of expert testimony. 26(b)(4)(D) protects information related to experts employed only for trial preparation, except under exceptional circumstances as defined in the Rule. Tesla moved to compel the whole ball of wax identity, a deposition, all documents and communications, invoices, etc. Fed.R.Civ.P.

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If You Don’t Ask the Right Question, You Won’t Get the Answer

E-Discovery LLC

In Sullivan , the appellant (Joan) was unsuccessful on a discovery issue because she had not asked the right question in discovery. The Appellate Court wrote that: In seeking to exclude certain claims for damages, the Motion in Limine was, in substance, a motion for [discovery] sanctions pursuant to Maryland Rule 2-433.

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Project Management Tools for Attorneys

Attorney at Work

One column might be dedicated to deadlines, another to discovery tasks, another to trial preparation. Evernote has the ability to capture and save notes and recordings from the web in a variety of different formats, whether these be emails, legal briefs, research files or discovery documents.

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

WA Bar News

They will require a material change in the way many attorneys practice discovery. EXPERT WITNESS DISCLOSURE It was the Work Group’s impression that many litigants tactically withhold discovery of testifying expert witnesses on the ground that no disclosure is required until a case schedule deadline. e) Supplementation of Responses.

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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. 721, 736-37 (2017). The parties engaged in EEOC conciliation.

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CONSIDER A TRIAL CHECKLIST

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Once one has a basic trial checklist it can be expanded and modified for specific kinds of cases. Separate checklists can also be created for different time stages pending trial by a series of trial preparation checklists. Note incomplete answers for motion.

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Court-Ordered Production of a “Destruction/Unavailable” Log

E-Discovery LLC

The court wrote that: The Document Requests called for Bedford to produce documents in a specified format consistent with the Stipulated Protective Order and the E-Discovery Stipulation and to provide specified information regarding responsive documents that were destroyed, lost or otherwise unavailable (“destruction/ unavailable log).

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