Planning discovery

• Author: William M. Audet/Kimberly A. Fanady/David Ling Y. Kuang
• Pages: 17-56

PLANNING DISCOVERY

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CHAPTER 1:

PLANNING DISCOVERY

TASKS

Task 1 Determine Discovery Goals

Task 2 Review Applicable Rules

Task 3 Calendar Deadlines

Task 4 Prepare Annotated Proof of Fact

Task 5 Prepare Discovery Plan

Task 6 Prepare Deposition Schedule

Task 6A Discover Electronically Stored Information (ESI)

Task 6B Request Initial Conference in Complex Litigation

Task 6C Draft and Submit Proposed Pre-Trial Order in Complex Litigation

Task 6D Discovery After Removal

FORMS

Form 1 Timeline: FRCP 16 and 26

Form 2 Annotated Proof of Fact

Form 2.1 Request for Production of Electronic Documents

Form 2.2 Motion for Order Requiring Reconstruction of Electronic Data

Form 2.3 Motion for Order Shifting Costs of Reconstructive Data Discovery

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PLANNING DISCOVERY

1-3 Determine Discovery Goals Task 1

TASK 1

Determine Discovery Goals

I. WHAT AND WHY

 

1. Eliminating unfair surprise. Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. v. Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A., 685 F.3d 1046,



2. Ascertaining relevant facts and their sources. Klonoski v. Mahlab, 156 F.3d 255, 271 (1st Cir. 1998)

-



3. Clarifying issues. Rainbow Popcorn Co. v. Intergrain Specialty Prods., L.L.C.

   

   Nutt v. Black Hills Stage

Lines, Inc., 452 F.2d 480, 482-83 (8th Cir. 1971)).

4.  Comstock Potomac Yard, L.C. v. Balfour Beatty Constr., LLC,







5. . Nelson v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co., No.





 

  Jackson v. Wilson Welding Serv., 2011

    

 Miller v. MP Glob. Prods., LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34008, at *5 (S.D. Ala.

Bakayoko v. Panera Bread



 

Textile Servs. Co.



 Bombardier Rec. Prods. v. Arctic Cat, Inc.,

 

Negri v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. 



 McKinney/Pearl Rest., L.P. v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 322 F.R.D. 235, 254



Monster Energy Co. v. Vital Pharm., Inc., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 200359, at *16



 In re LaBranche

Sec. Litig.-

Watkins v. Trans Union, LLC, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178404, at *23

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