Sentences with phrase «limited document discovery»

Nowadays, for B.C. counsel, it takes an arbitration conducted without examinations for discovery and with limited document discovery and flexible provisions for expert evidence to bring home the fact that a trial can be conducted perfectly well without all the bells and whistles we have added by our rules of court.

Not exact matches

In a pretrial discovery motion, California and the environmental groups asked for: «All documents relating to both global warming and to any of the following individuals: S. Fred Singer, James Glassman, David Legates, Richard Lindzen, Patrick J. Michaels, Thomas Gale Moore, Robert C. Balling, Jr., Sherwood B. Idso, Craig D. Idso, Keith E. Idso, Sallie Baliunas, Paul Reiter, Chris Homer [sic], Ross McKitrick, Julian Morris, Frederick Seitz, Willie Soon, and Steven Milloy, including but not limited to: a. All documents relating to any communications between you and these individuals, and b. All documents relating to your relationship (or the relationship of any automobile manufacturer or association of automobile manufacturers) with any of them, including but not limited to payments directly or indirectly from you or any other automobile manufacturer or association of automobile manufacturer to any of them.»

Documents drawn up by the coalition's advisers were provided to lawyers by the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, a coalition member, during the discovery process in a lawsuit that the auto industry filed in 2007 against the State of California's efforts to limit vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions.

The same proceeding, in an arbitration, where discovery is limited to the exchange of documents, those costs are totally avoided, making it economically feasible to bring smaller cases to arbitration.

Duties of the paralegal - litigation support include, but are not limited to, all aspects of trial preparation and file management; gathering, organizing, summarizing and indexing of electronic and paper documents and discovery material; assisting with client contact; assisting attorneys at hearings and trials; and litigation support services using advanced software programs.

For litigators, these mountains of documents present a challenge: How to uncover the stories the documents contain so that you can prepare your cases for discovery and trial — and do so within the limits of available time and budgets.

How do legally opt out of or refuse this limited discovery request in favor of presenting all my documents and photos at trial in front of a judge instead?

The motion for preliminary approval of the settlement follows limited «document discovery» in the matter.

The Dorsey team saw the precision searching capabilities in Ringtail shorten to a few days an entire process that previously would have taken the firm a month or longer to complete, enabling them to meet all discovery deadlines with a production ensured to be limited to only the relevant and not privileged documents within the scope of the litigation.

Regardless of the applicable privilege laws, counsel should take steps to preserve the privilege over all materials used or created as part of the representation, including by: (1) restricting access to attorney — client and work - product materials, particularly in jurisdictions with more limited privilege protections; (2) labelling all documents and communications as legally privileged and confidential; and (3) limiting written communications that may be subject to discovery.

Numerous courts have addressed the availability of a «settlement privilege» to limit discovery of settlement related documents, reaching different conclusions.

Concerns have been voiced that the current wording could open the door to unsuccessful parties claiming they weren't given an equal opportunity to present evidence as a result of limitations on document disclosure or discovery, time limits at an oral hearing, or other procedural decisions.

The rules were not intended to, and hopefully do not limit the development of protocols and processes or industry practices in the area of document discovery.

Second, the Innovation Act limits discovery to «core documents.»

Second, the bill's provisions limit discovery to «core documents» — only those documents likely to be relevant to the specific litigation at hand.

The court required discovery to start almost right away and did very little to limit costs (which were borne much more heavily by operating companies because they have more documents).

Investigations and Law Enforcement — Selected Duties & Responsibilities Build and implement investigations programs and security solutions to enable effective organizational administration, threat detection / elimination, conflict / issue resolution, and other critical discovery functions Utilize various technical applications, including cameras, A / V equipment, transmitters, recorders, and bugs, to generate valuable information and isolate parties responsible for criminal and civil malfeasance Create issue and security reports to enable development of new policies and procedures aimed at preventing further wrongdoing and protect valuable resources team Integrate investigative principles into corporate strategic mission, ensuring management and program accountability, proactive prevention of discrimination, case efficiency, and legal analysis Perform security and crime analyses of firm infrastructure against related compliance requirements as well as on - going vulnerability assessments to continuously mitigate risk Develop investigatory standard documents to serve as guide and rules resources to promote fair and legal probes Supervise related departmental staff, including performance plan development and assessment, technical oversight, personnel recruitment and training, staff discipline, and other pertinent functions Work as a member of the corporate incident response team in the execution of all related tasks, including incident response plan development, damage minimization, resource restoration, and firm integrity protection Communicate all issues and user feedback to members of management, law enforcement professionals, and other interested parties, generating situational reports and follow - up recommendations based on investigatory results Maintain a strong working knowledge of all software, hardware, applications, techniques, trends and other critical tools which aid in effective investigation React quickly based upon limited and confidential information, drawing upon extensive police and military experience in tense, complicated situations Collaborate in the preparation of necessary legal documents, including search and arrest warrants Assist management with various other duties as assigned

In one case, a judge allowed for limited discovery and the unsealed documents were uncovered.