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Lawyers and clients today devote enormous amounts of time, effort and expense to discovery. More often than not, discovery, and not trial, is the central battleground of a case. The need for analytical and strategic guidance on problems in discovery is heightened by the fact that much of it is handled by relatively inexperienced lawyers, and in the case of document production, legal assistants. This updated and expanded, edition describes the problems that civil litigators encounter most frequently in pretrial discovery and presents suggestions and strategies for solving these problems. Following a background discussion on the scope and types of discovery, discovery problems are presented as hypothetical (many or which the authors have encountered in their experience) followed by a discussion that includes the law and helpful practice lips. In this edition, particular emphasis has been placed on discussion and interpretation, of the new rules, and evolving case, law, concerning discovery of electronically stored information (ESI). Book jacket.

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• Dedication(p. ix)
• Foreword(p. xi)
• Acknowledgments(p. xii)
• About the Authors(p. xv)
• Introduction(p. xvii)
• Section 1 Interrogatories, Document Requests, Requests for Admission, and Motions for Mental and Physical Examinations(p. 1)
• Overview(p. 5)
• 1 Framing Proper Interrogatories(p. 5)
• 2 Interrogatories-Numerosity: Parts and Subparts(p. 16)
• 3 Interrogatories-Propriety of Definitions and Instructions(p. 23)
• 4 The Timing of Interrogatories and Requests for Production-How Soon Can You Ask, and When Is It Too Late?(p. 27)
• 5 Interrogatories-Sufficiency of Objections(p. 31)
• 6 Sufficiency and Supplementation of Interrogatory Answers(p. 41)
• 7 Interrogatories-Use in Court(p. 48)
• 8 Document Requests-Numerosity, Propriety, Timing, and Sufficiency of Objections(p. 51)
• 9 Discovery of Electronically Stored Information(p. 58)
• 10 Discovery of Witness Statements(p. 80)
• 11 Privilege Logs(p. 88)
• 12 Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Material(p. 95)
• 13 Motions for Mental or Physical Examination(p. 105)
• 14 Requests for Admission(p. 112)
• Section 2 Depositions(p. 119)
• Overview(p. 123)
• 15 Notice of Deposition-Timing(p. 124)
• 16 Taking a Deposition-The Basics(p. 128)
• 17 Depositions-Making Procedural and Evidentiary Objections(p. 131)
• 18 Asserting Privileges During Deposition(p. 139)
• 19 Instructing a Witness Not to Answer a Question(p. 145)
• 20 Misconduct by Counsel at a Deposition and During a Deposition Recess(p. 149)
• 21 Video Depositions(p. 158)
• 22 Who May Attend a Deposition?(p. 163)
• 23 Submission of Deposition Transcript to Witness for Review and Signature(p. 170)
• 24 Compensation for Treating Physician's Deposition Preparation and Testimony(p. 176)
• 25 Depositions of Corporations and Other Entities under Rule 30(b)(6)(p. 182)
• 26 Discovery of Oral Communications and Privileged Documents Provided to a Witness(p. 191)
• 27 Discovery of Jury Consultant, Focus Group Materials, and Related Communications(p. 195)
• 28 Ethical Considerations in Representing Your Corporate Client's Employees in Deposition(p. 201)
• 29 Discovery of Foreign Citizens and Residents(p. 204)
• 30 Use of Adverse Party's Deposition at Trial(p. 213)
• 31 Use at Trial of Deposition of Unavailable Witness(p. 218)
• 32 Use of Deposition for Impeachment at Trial(p. 222)
• Section 3 Experts(p. 227)
• Overview(p. 230)
• 33 The Timing of an Expert Deposition(p. 232)
• 34 Timing and Supplementation of Expert Disclosures(p. 237)
• 35 Expert Disclosures-Treating Physician or Other Hybrid Fact/Expert Witness(p. 243)
• 36 Taking an Expert's Deposition-The Basics(p. 247)
• 37 Discovery of Oral Communications and Privileged Documents Shared with Expert(p. 251)
• 38 Discovery of Facts Known or Opinions Held by Expert Not Expected to Testify at Trial(p. 258)
• 39 Deposing Opposing Party's Former Expert in the Same Case(p. 263)
• 40 Discovery of Draft Report by Testifying Expert(p. 265)
• 41 Discovery and Daubert(p. 271)
• 42 Reasonableness of Fees and Expenses Charged to Deposing Party by Adverse Expert(p. 278)
• Section 4 Sanctions and Protective Orders(p. 285)
• Overview(p. 289)
• 43 Rule 26(a) Disclosures and Rule 37(c) Motion for Failure to Disclose, Misleading Disclosures, or Refusal to Admit(p. 293)
• 44 Sanctions for Bad-Faith Discovery Requests: The Requirement of a Signature on Discovery Requests, Responses, and Objections(p. 303)
• 45 Motion to Compel Discovery(p. 318)
• 46 Motion for Protective Order(p. 330)
• 47 Rule 37(d) Sanctions for Failure of a Party to Attend Its Own Deposition or Respond to Interrogatories or Document Production Requests(p. 338)
• 48 Non-production, Spoliation, Discovery Violations, and Adverse Inference(p. 346)
• 49 Sanctions for Failure to Comply with Court-Ordered Discovery(p. 350)
• 50 Sanctions for Failure to Cooperate during Discovery(p. 355)
• 51 Chart Summarizing Discovery Sanctions(p. 362)
• Appendix 1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26-37 and Rule 45(p. 371)
• Appendix 2 Discovery Guidelines of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland(p. 415)
• Appendix 3 Standard Interrogatories in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland(p. 423)
• Appendix 4 American Bar Association Civil Discovery Standards and August 2004 Amendments(p. 429)
• Appendix 5 United States District Court for the District of Maryland Suggested Protocol for Discovery of Electronically Stored Information(p. 515)
• Table of Cases(p. 535)
• Index(p. 577)