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PREFACE

This handbook is the result of two actions taken by the Section of

Antitrust Law of the American Bar Association about twenty years apart.

The first was the publishing of the ANTITRUST DISCOVERY HANDBOOK in

1981. This handbook incorporates parts of that handbook in the sample

discovery section contained in chapter 8. The second action was a

Continuing Legal Education program sponsored by the Section of

Antitrust Law called “Discovery In Antitrust Litigation” in February

2000. The papers from that seminar provided the foundation for most of

the chapters included in this book.

The contributors to the “Discovery In Antitrust Litigation” program

and to this book are Geraldine M. Alexis, Timothy J. Burke, Joan

Feldman, Christopher B. Hockett, Margaret E. Guerin-Calvert, R. Mark

McCareins, Darrell L. Williams, Harry M. Reasoner, Edward C.

Duckers, Carole E. Handler, Allan Van Fleet, Steven C. Holtzman, Rick

Pepperman, Tim Frazer, Aimee Imundo, Thomas J. Rosch, the

Honorable Lee H. Rosenthal, Jeffrey A. LeVee, Hal Marcus, Edward D.

Cavanaugh, and the Honorable Sarah S. Vance.

Assistant Editors on this project include Professor Jagdeep Bhandari,

Mark A. Robertson, and David Steinman. Additional assistance in the

preparation of the handbook was offered by Jim Herbison, Ivan Poullaos,

Joyce Bishop, Thomas McCormick, Patrick Lee, Jennifer Laser, Lori

Cox, and Doracina Anderson. We would also add a note of thanks to

Elise Kirban and Greg Wrobel of the Publications Committee, and James

Wilson, Publications Officer, for their careful attention to the Handbook.

In addition, the ABA Section of Antitrust Law Publication, Antitrust Law

Developments (5th ed.) was used to provide context to certain categories

of discussion of general discovery topics in this Handbook.

The earlier ANTITRUST DISCOVERY HANDBOOK was prepared by a

special Task Force of the Civil Practice and Procedure Committee. The

members of that Task Force were Michael M. Baylson, Editor; Thomas

N. Burnham and Edward C. Schmidt, Assistant Editors; and Ernest J.

Altgelt III, L. Richard Freese, Jr., Warwick R. Furr II, Ray V. Hartwell,

John B. Lashbrook, Maurice J. McSweeney, and Robert C. Wright.

R. Mark McCareins

General Editor