Litigation
Aug. 22, 2001
Discovery Duels Call for Archaic Methods
Over the past few months, I've had the vicarious displeasure of witnessing one of the most odious types of human conflict - a discovery dispute. It all began innocently, of course, each party attempting to cripple the other with several hundred requests for production asking for every document the other had ever seen, heard of or contemplated sending. Naturally, each request contained at least a dozen defined words and carefully disguised subparts and was narrowly tailored to impose the maximum burden on the other party.
Over the past few months, I've had the vicarious displeasure of witnessing one of the most odious types of human conflict - a discovery dispute. It all began innocently, of course, each party attempting to cripple the other with several hundred requests for production asking for every document the other had ever seen, heard of or contemplated sen...
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