Topic
Document Requests
22 published works
Unpredictable
More Thoughts on Responding to Document Requests
By Will Newman
I started this blog at a time when a major component of my work was discovery. I still believe that cases can be won or lost in discovery, but I…
Law Times News
Superior Court declines request for Family and Children’s Services records in personal injury case
The case stemmed from a motor vehicle accident involving a mother and daughter
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Elleby v. Forest Alarm Service, Inc., 2020 IL App (1st) 191597: Understanding Document Request Requirements in Illinois
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Document requests are a critical component of the discovery process in legal proceedings, enabling parties to obtain essential evidence and information to support their cases. The case of Elleby v.…
Ontario Condo Law Blog
Condo records: To fee or not to fee? That is the question.
By Tony Bui
The current records request procedure under section 55 of the Condo Act has been around for almost four years now. Still, there remains confusion as to how records requests should…
Presnell on Privileges
Blanket Privilege Objection with No Privilege Log Constitutes Waiver–and Bad Faith, Court Rules
Here is a question for you: If a producing party objects to a document request on, first, relevancy, and second, privilege, do the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure still require…
Smokeball Blog
Document request reporting for personal injury and workers’ compensation law firms
Personal injury lawyers know that the legal industry isn’t always the fast-paced courtroom drama shown on television. Law firms spend hours every week on the unglamorous task of gathering documentation for their clients. Medical records, bills, and other documents are essential…
Unpredictable
Document Requests
By Will Newman
Parties in American litigation are generally allowed to request all relevant, non-privileged documents about the dispute. But a party needs to do more than just demand “all the documents” because…
Lash Condo Law Blog
Request for Condominium Records – Can Legal Bills be Refused on the Grounds of Privilege? – A Recent Case
By Denise Lash
A recent case (Jack Gale v. HCC No. 61, 2019 ONCAT 46) before the Condominium Authority Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) considered whether a condominium unit owner was entitled to receive copies…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
CMA’s Increasing Enforcement Of Document Requests In Merger Review
There is a global trend of increasingly burdensome demands by competition authorities conducting merger review for the submission of merging parties’ internal documents, and the CMA is no exception. In…
Broker- Dealer Law Corner
Two (More) Scary Tales Of FINRA’s Abuse Of Rule 8210
By Alan Wolper, UB Greensfelder
Once again – twice again, actually – FINRA has used Rule 8210 as a cudgel, beating the poor unfortunate recipients of the “request” for documents and information into submission, or…