Guerrilla Discovery

ISBN: 9781945421976
Annual List Price: $239

 

 

Table of Contents

  • CHAPTER 1. Fundamental Overview
  • CHAPTER 2. Is It Discoverable?
  • CHAPTER 3. Electronic, Digital and Other Media
  • CHAPTER 4. Weapon Selection and Attack
  • CHAPTER 5. Requests for Admissions
  • CHAPTER 6. Interrogatories
  • CHAPTER 7. Notices for Production
  • CHAPTER 8. Requests for Inspection
  • CHAPTER 9. Physical and Mental Examinations
  • CHAPTER 10. Depositions
  • CHAPTER 11. Subpoena Power
  • CHAPTER 12. Defending and Responding in General
  • CHAPTER 13. Defending Discovery’s Limits
  • CHAPTER 14. Using The Work Product Doctrine
  • CHAPTER 15. Using Traditional Privileges
  • CHAPTER 16. Exposing Burdensome and Abusive Tactics
  • CHAPTER 17. Enforcement
  • INDEX

Guerrilla Discovery is the most complete and most comprehensive book on the subject of Discovery ever written. It more than covers the basic weapons of discovery (Requests for Admissions, Interrogatories, Notices for Production, Inspection, and Physical Examination, Depositions and Subpoenas); it directs and guides all manner of submission and enforcement.

Guerrilla Discovery and no other single source has:

  • Tactics, rules, decisions, statutes, tips, samples, checklists, and protocols
  • Tons of explosive forms for discovery demands, objections and opposition
  • Over 2,000 annotations with cites of key cases, authorities and comments
  • An arsenal of strategies, counter-strategies and anti-counter strategies
  • A unique annotated list of EVERY defense/objection known to mankind
  • Electronically Stored Information (ESI) resources, sources and guides
  • All approved official judicial counsel form interrogatories
  • Coverage of predictive coding and technology assisted review (TAR)
  • Sample letters to smoke out every type of enemy obstructionism
  • Valuable training for evidence and objections in general
  • A step-by-step roadmap for noticing, taking and defending depositions
  • Guides for avoiding and handling dirty discovery tricks
  • Key Rules uniquely and thoroughly Annotated
  • Special Glossary for electronic and digital discovery
  • Pounds of sample interrogatories, RFA’s, notices and demands
  • An armada of case law supporting every key issue
  • Official eDiscovery court approved protocols, and conventions
  • What to say, and what not to say at depositions and motions
  • Basically – Everything you need for Discovery in one book

New or Revised Sections

Chapter 1. Fundamental Overview

  • §1.40 Goals and Targets

Chapter 2. Is it Discoverable?

  • §2.11 The Court’s Discretion
  • §2.21 Degree 1: Immediately Discoverable
  • §2.22 Degree 2: Discoverable
  • §2.60 Is Discovery Permitted For ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution)?
  • §2.61 Private Agreements
  • §2.61(a) The American Arbitration Association (AAA)
  • §2.61(b) The Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS)
  • §2.80 Criminal Discovery – Does It Exist and Is It Civilly Relevant?

Chapter 3. Electronic, Digital and Other Media

  • §3.10 Preservation and Destruction
  • §3.13 Spoliation
  • §3.30 Terminology
  • §3.40 Electronic Discovery Checklists
  • §3.45 State ESI Rules

Chapter 4. Weapon Selection, Attack and Enforcement

  • §4.20 The Attack
  • §4.22 Federal Rule 26

Chapter 5. Requests for Admissions

  • §5.41 Federal Rules Pertaining To Requests and Refusals

Chapter 6. Interrogatories

  • §6.41 Federal Rules Pertaining to Interrogatories
  • §6.42 The State’s Rules
  • §6.60 Responding to Interrogatories

Chapter 7. Notices for Production

  • §7.41 Federal Rules Pertaining to Production of Documents
  • §7.64 Document Destruction

Chapter 8. Requests for Inspection

  • §8.30 Dealing With Real Evidence
  • §8.41 Federal Rules Pertaining to Inspection
  • §8.60 Responding to the Requests

Chapter 9. Physical and Mental Examinations

  • §9.60 Enforcing Compliance

Chapter 10. Depositions

  • §10.60 Defending The Deposition
  • §10.80 Deposition Admissibility

Chapter 11. Subpoena Power

  • §11.41 Rule 45 of The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Chapter 12. Defending and Responding in General

  • §12.20 Strategic Compliance
  • §12.40 Paths of Noncompliance

Chapter 13. Defending Discovery’s Limits

  • §13.20 The Scope of Discovery

Chapter 14. Using the Work Product Doctrine

  • §4.43 Defenses to notices For Production

Chapter 15. Using Traditional Privileges

  • §15.10 Confidential Relationships In General
  • §15.11 Professional Privileges

Chapter 17. Enforcement

  • §17.11 Examination of Responses
  • §17.20 Attacking General Objections and Boilerplate Responses
  • §17.22 Common Enemies

NEW Chapter 18. Reopening Discovery

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