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Mar. 14, 2009
Here's an Idea: Why Not Mediate That Discovery Dispute?
Resolving discovery disputes through mediation may be a springboard to settling the case.
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By Richard M. Coleman Some years back, I was in court, appearing on a motion I filed on behalf of a client to compel answers to interrogatories. When the case was called, the judge reiterated what he stated in his tentative that he "was not impressed by an inch and a half of papers being filed." In not my wisest moment, I replied: "I read the tentative and, if I had not submitted that inch and a half of papers, I would have ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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