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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 305: Spotlight on Civil Procedure (Part 2 – Discovery)

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! This is the second of three episodes in which we review the substantive Civil Procedure law we've covered in our "Listen and Learn" series.  This time we're talking about...more

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Document Production — Look Before You Leap

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In eDiscovery, look before you leap! You have filed a lawsuit and you are set for a “meet & greet” conference with opposing counsel(s) to review and agree on discovery. What should you expect from opposing counsel and their...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

eDiscovery Update including AI for Technology Assisted Review

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..Any judge who begins an opinion about ediscovery with a quote from Donald Rumsfeld (of all people!), and then tosses in a reference to Marge from The Simpsons while quieting lawyers’ fears of technology by noting that...more

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WARNING: Follow Rules Governing Objections To Discovery Requests Or Waive Them

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On February 28, 2017, Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck issued a warning shot, stylized as a “wake-up call,” to the SDNY Bar: comply with the now 15-month-old amendments to the Federal Rules of...more

Cole Schotz

Courts Make Clear that General Objections are Generally Inappropriate

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If your practice involves discovery, chances are you have been on the receiving end (and maybe the dispensing end) of prolix boilerplate general objections in response to interrogatories or document demands. Whatever logic...more

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E-Discovery Search Methodology Cannot Be Forced Upon Producing Party

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Action Item: Companies and individuals involved in litigation that includes e-discovery, should be aware of a decision last week by Magistrate Andrew J. Peck, whose e-discovery decisions are well-regarded in the legal...more

McGuireWoods LLP

E-Discovery Update: Nonparty Subpoenas: Shifting Costs Back to the Requesting Party

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All companies dislike incurring expenses in connection with document production, but it is particularly distasteful to do so in connection with matters in which the company has no stake. Luckily, in those instances, companies...more

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Courts React Differently to Litigants' Failure to Properly Log Withheld Documents

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The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not require privilege logs, but most courts require one in their local rules, or at least expect one. Courts can react in widely varying ways to litigants' failure to prepare any log,...more

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