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“Boilerplate” Objections Are Generally Condemned; Except When They’re Not

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27, 2024), “boilerplate” objections were sustained on the specific facts presented. BOILERPLATE OBJECTIONS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN CONDEMNED Boilerplate objections have generally been condemned. See General Objections, Dracula, and “Whac a Mole” (Apr. In Jacobs v. The Journal Publishing Co., 2024 WL 4333199 (D. at 190, 192.

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

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

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It – surprisingly – sustained boilerplate objections. Information within this scope of discovery need not be admissible in evidence to be discoverable.” Interestingly, the Ho court sustained what appear to be boilerplate objections that plaintiff’s requests were “overly burdensome” and “irrelevant….”

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A Wake Up Call Revisited: Read the Rules & Don’t Argue “Not Reasonably Calculated” in Federal Courts

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19, 2025)(Emphasis added), the court wrote: Throughout his responses, Canales objects to OPWs requests on the ground that they are not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. See Reasonably Calculated to Lead to Discovery of Admissible Evidence (Nov. It has been almost seven years since the Hon.

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Spoliation Discovery Permitted

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The court permitted spoliation interrogatories. Plaintiffs supplemental response stated: Plaintiff objects to this interrogatory as compound. Defendants Interrogatory No. Plaintiffs supplemental response stated: Plaintiff objects to this interrogatory as compound.

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

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While not the focus of this blog, it is interesting that some of the evidence of the undue influence came from graphic text messages. The Court pointed out that the right question was found in a standard form interrogatory. Standard General Interrogatory No. But it was not propounded by Joan. Rules Form No.

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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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