Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Interrogatories

Discovery: Civil Litigation’s Fact-Finding Mission – Part 1: Interrogatories

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC on 2/4/2025

If you find yourself involved in civil litigation of any kind, the case will take up a significant part of your life. While your attorney will take on the heavy lifting, he or she will require your help to gather the facts...more

The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Case Show the Importance of Special Verdicts or Answers to Written Questions in Jury Verdicts

Melito & Adolfsen on 6/3/2022

The defamation cases brought by Johnny Depp and Amber Heard against each other, entertaining as they were to many Americans, involved complex issues of law as applied to the facts alleged by the parties. For the jury to reach...more

SB 224 Adopted: Missouri Discovery Rules Follow Federal Footsteps

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/29/2021

In 2019, the Missouri legislature passed Senate Bill 224 (SB 224), effectively revising Missouri’s discovery rules to align them with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (See our 2019 post for analysis of SB 224’s changes...more

Practice Pointer: Under Massachusetts Procedure, There’s No Right to Expert Depositions

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 12/11/2020

Under Massachusetts procedure, a party has the right to compel an opponent to disclose its testifying expert’s opinions through interrogatories. But unlike federal procedure, a party under Massachusetts procedure must obtain...more

Federal Judge Finds It Is Counsels’ Absence Of Good Faith And Cooperation Causing An Increase In Duration And Expense Of...

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 7/10/2020

Aldinger v. Alden State Bank is a good reminder of counsel’s obligation to be cooperative in the discovery process. Aldinger, an employment discrimination case pending in the United States District Court for the Western...more

A Quick Look at the New Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules

McCarter & English, LLP on 12/28/2016

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ?TTAB? will implement new rules on January 14, 2017, that will apply to all inter partes proceedings (oppositions, cancellations, concurrent use) and ex parte appeals that are pending on,...more

In Top “Form” – The NY Commercial Division’s Continuous Efforts to Increase Efficiency and Reduce Litigation Costs

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 9/8/2016

As outlined in previous posts, the New York Commercial Division seeks to be a forward-thinking forum that adopts rule changes aimed at increasing efficiency and decreasing litigant costs. In August, a revised Model...more

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