Shepard's Discovery Proceedings in Federal Practice

Shepard's Discovery Proceedings in Federal Practice

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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13:

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This guidebook to federal discovery rules & their applications in federal practice provides quick practice points, a discussion of function & scope of discovery, & an analysis of discovery procedure. Extensive coverage of local rule provisions for each federal district court is included in the work.


Discovery Practice, 9th Edition

Discovery Practice, 9th Edition

Author: Herr, Haydock

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Published: 2017-05-18

Total Pages: 1196

ISBN-13: 1454883812

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Discovery Practice, Ninth Edition gives you hard-nosed, trial-tested guidance through all the intricacies of what to do, whether to do it, and how to do it -- at every stage of the discovery process. Turn to this trusted guide for thorough, up-to-date clarification of: Insurance discoverability Discovery abuse -- its penalties and sanctions Confidentiality and discovery of trade secrets Use of experts Use of investigation files Use of witness statements Protective orders Invoking Rule 29 powers Tapes and telephones depositions Using the Manual for Complex Litigation Foreign discovery Discovery in administrative hearings Discovery in arbitration. Plus detailed coverage of such cutting edge areas as e-mail depositions and FOIA proceedings. Appendices include ready to adapt sample forms. Now, with all the practice tips and valuable strategies packed into Discovery Practice, you can Facilitate early and thorough disclosure of information Quickly determine a core of undisputed facts Intensively promote and pursue a negotiated settlement. Discovery Practice, Ninth Edition gives you hard-nosed, trial-tested guidance through all the intricacies of what to do, whet


Cases and Materials on Discovery Practice in the Federal Courts

Cases and Materials on Discovery Practice in the Federal Courts

Author: Steve Donweber

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-06-11

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9781533580276

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This new edition of Cases and Materials on Discovery Practice in the Federal Courts contains detailed analysis of the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as they pertain to discovery. This edition also includes a sampling of the latest cases on proportionality, discovery of social media information, discovery from mobile devices, and the preservation of ESI and the imposition of sanctions under new Rule 37(e). *** Discovery is the voluntary exchange of information between the parties during the course of litigation. It is commonly accepted now, but it is not an ancient practice by any means. Rather, it is only since 1938, with the adoption of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, that there has been liberal discovery in the federal courts. Prior to that time, discovery in the federal courts was severely limited, and, even as the federal rules were being drafted in the mid-1930s, many members of the bench and bar very much wanted to keep it that way. They feared (perhaps rightly) that any liberalization of discovery would result in the proliferation of the much dreaded "fishing expedition," where a party was permitted to poke around willy-nilly in the opposing party's files. Indeed, the "fishing expedition" bugaboo had haunted the profession for generations, effectively preventing any loosening of the restrictions on discovery. The problem, however, for the anti-"fishing expedition" crowd at least, was that the structure of the new rules almost mandated liberal discovery. It was a major goal of the rules' drafters to shift the pleadings phase of the litigation away from the establishment of facts and the narrowing of issues (as had been the purposes of the pleadings at common law) toward the simple provision of "notice" of the parties' claims and defenses. This shift had profound ramifications. As the new rules restricted the pleadings to the narrow role of providing notice, there arose the need for another mechanism to facilitate factual development and narrowing of issues. The mechanism the drafters chose was liberal discovery, and it was to be controlled by Rules 26-37. (From the Introduction ...)


Federal Practice Series

Federal Practice Series

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Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13:

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Index to the Shepard's Federal practice series: Manual of federal practice, 4th ed.; Manual of federal practice: forms; Motions in federal court, 2nd ed.; Federal appeals: jurisdiction and practice, 2nd ed.; Discovery proceedings in federal court, 2nd ed.