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Court’s Use of a Special Master to Assist EEOC in Obtaining Discovery from Defendant

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The alleged facts of the case demonstrate risks of future psychological harm and repetition of the injury against which plaintiffs are litigating. 45 in connection with a subpoena for LZ’s protected school records. It added: “Genesh’s clandestine service of the revised subpoena prejudiced [plaintiff] LZ in multiple ways.”

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Application of Work-Product Doctrine to Materials Prepared Years After Incident

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The decision is one part of vigorously-litigated [1] discovery in a civil rights lawsuit. at 4 (citing In re Grand Jury Subpoena , 870 F.3d In our less elegant words, if the work product was generated recently, the discovering party can discover the same facts itself through witness interviews or depositions. 3d at 317).

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Based on the ESI Protocol, the Limiting “Apex Deposition” Doctrine Applied to Objections to the Designation of a Document Custodian

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A motion to compel the designation of an “apex” non-party document custodian was granted in In Re Mosaic LLM Litigation , 2025 WL 176001 (N.D. In Re Mosaic LLM Litig., 45 subpoena duces tecum could not have been served on the non-party document custodian and avoided the designation issue. 2025 WL 1755650, at *1 (N.D.

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Three Motions for Sanctions Denied Under ESI Rule and Common Law

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Plaintiff testified at deposition that she was upset when, just prior to her separation, Mr. Roberts allegedly told her that GardaWorld was going to treat the inconclusive test as a positive test, and use it as a basis for termination.” [citation omitted]. Roberts was fired the next day. citation omitted]. citation and quotations omitted].

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Initial Disclosures Cannot Await Expert Opinions

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Contextually, the litigation has been described in popular media. Vasquez, Blake Lively’s Deposition Pushed Back by 2 Weeks After Judge’s Latest Ruling in Justin Baldoni Case (Jul. Vasquez, Blake Lively’s Deposition Pushed Back by 2 Weeks After Judge’s Latest Ruling in Justin Baldoni Case (Jul. 14, 2025); I. 14, 2025); E.

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What “Expenses” Can a Non-Party Recover for Complying With a Discovery Subpoena?

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20, 2024), the court addressed recovery of expenses by non-parties for responding to a subpoena. 45 (“Subpoena”) states: (b)(1) – Under some circumstances, witness fees and mileage must be paid. [1] It is alleged that the documents were then used by the mother in litigation against the sole member of OLPC. Fed.R.Civ.P.

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The Deposition: What To Expect And How To Prepare

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Contributor: Lee Grossman What Is a Deposition? Civil litigation cases involve a wide variety of topics: contracts, business disputes, construction, negligence, personal injury, contested probates, family law, and more. A general rule of thumb: if the case does not involve criminal charges or juveniles, its probably civil litigation.