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

WA Bar News

1 The amendments to CR 26 affect objections, supplementation, and disclosure of experts. In response to the objection this might increase costs and introduce ambiguity, the Work Group determined most parties already ask for supplementation, so there is no net increase in work. General objections shall not be made.

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Town Sanctioned for Prejudicial Breaches of Duty to Preserve in Alleged Sexual Assault Case; Court Also Addresses Use of Personal Email by Council Members

E-Discovery LLC

Where the alleged spoliator acted either willfully or in bad faith, relevance is presumed; however, the presumption is rebuttable. An objectively reasonable person in Fairmount Heights’ position would have taken steps to preserve these accounts. see generally Burden of Proof: Sanctions for Intentional Deletion of Text Messages (Jul.