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

WA Bar News

This article will explain the changes effected by the rule amendments and, with respect to CR 26, provide context considered by the Civil Litigation Rules Revision Work Group in drafting the proposed amendments to illustrate their impact. That was always the rule if CR 33 (interrogatories) and CR 34 (requests for production) were read.

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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

They “serve a vital purpose” in caseload management, which in light of “crowded dockets” is “an essential tool for handling civil litigation.” Rule 37(a)(1) requires all litigants seeking to compel discovery to certify that the movant has conferred in good faith with the party from whom they seek discovery.

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