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Sometimes Discovery Disputes Do Not Bring Out the Best in Us – Part II

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Nor is it a positive development when that court wrote: “Things have never exactly moved along at a break-neck pace in this litigation. The main topic here is ‘contention interrogatories’…. The court explained that: “A large portion of the parties’ dispute has to do with what a contention interrogatory can ask for.

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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. This is adversarial litigation, and there need to be clearly understood responsibilities. Litigation is designed to find the truth, but it is designed to find it in a particular way: adversarial testing. But that’s not true.” emphasis added].

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Another Cinderella Situation –Motion Denied as Untimely?

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The Fiskars court explained that: The bottom line is this: Even if the court were inclined to compel production of source code and related documents, that information would be unusable in this litigation absent a dramatic upheaval of the schedule…. 14, 2024); Spoliation Motions Denied as Untimely – Another Wake-Up Call (Sep.

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Two Recent Decisions Imposing Sanctions for Discovery Failures

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Benton filed suit, Hartley Hall propounded interrogatories and document requests. Benton then responded; however, no documents were produced and Hartley Hall asserted that the interrogatory answers were incomplete or unresponsive. There are cases where litigants are being directed to support their discovery positions under oath.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key Witnesses — Identify the people involved in the case and their roles to inform decisions about document requests, interrogatories, and depositions.

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Three Steps to Effective Delegation: What, Who and How

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We are using litigation as an example, but the same reasoning applies to transactional practices.). Example: Developing a litigation defense strategy. Examples: Administrative tasks (such as organizing files, getting docket updates and so on); routine project management tasks; data gathering on the opposing party and their attorneys.

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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.