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

E-Discovery LLC

They included witness interview notes and memoranda. As part of its post-conviction investigation, MAIP created numerous documents between 2005 and 2022, including witness interview notes and internal memoranda. at 4 (citing In re Grand Jury Subpoena , 870 F.3d May 30, 2025)(Austin, J.), 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

E-Discovery LLC

45 subpoena duces tecum could not have been served on the non-party document custodian and avoided the designation issue. 2025 WL 176001, at *1 (cleaned up; citations and quotations omitted).

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Making News: Talking With the Media

WA Bar News

2d 426 (1990), for example, the Court of Appeals found that the privilege did not apply when a lawyer in effect called a witness a liar in a hallway outside the courtroom. The consultant was later subpoenaed and argued that its file was protected by privilege or work product. Fourth, RPC 3.6(d) Peoples Nat. Bank of Washington , 59 Wn.

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Legal Ethics & Malpractice Reporter, Vol. 6, No. 7

Joseph, Hollander & Craft

Client also agrees that Law Firm will be entitled to full reimbursement for costs incurred in connection with the production of documents in response to subpoenas and demands for the production of documents issued in any such legal proceedings. Sisk, Addressing Witness Coaching by Cross-Examination , 15 St.

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“No Dog in the Fight” Analysis Applies to Scope of Subpoenas in the District of Maryland

E-Discovery LLC

the Court set out and applied the principles governing subpoenas and objections to them. The Court explained the dispute: Mr. Hall alleges that BPD and three former officersDonald Licato, Frank Barlow, and John Barrickconcealed exculpatory evidence and coerced false witness testimony during Plaintiffs 1992 murder trial.

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

E-Discovery LLC

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] d)(3)(B) – A court may, on motion, ensure “that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.” Fed.R.Civ.P.

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You Subpoenaed My Documents, Shouldn’t You Pay for Them?

Percipient

Your company received a document subpoena in a legal dispute in which it is not involved. If the subpoena issued is in federal litigation, your company is likely responsible for the cost of compliance, especially if it has a connection to the litigation. Who covers the expense in responding to it? In United States v. 11 cv 4071 (N.D.