Exam 7: Discovery and Electronic Discovery: Overview and Interrogatories

What are the advantages of interrogatories?

Is the fact that a party's investigation is incomplete or the other party has failed to disclose as required a legitimate excuse to withhold disclosure under the rule?

A motion for mandatory disclosure must be filed within sixty days of the service of summons.

Interrogatories should be answered

In order for an item to be discoverable it must be relevant and

Reverse the exercise in Assignment 1 and prepare interrogatories on behalf of Teeny Tiny Manufacturing from Case IV.

Interrogatories incorporate all of the following components except

Initial disclosure eliminates the need for

Why is it a good idea to copy interrogatories submitted to you?

In e-discovery, a refusal to produce requested e-information is most likely to apply to

What are the typical divisions of and types of questions that make up a set of interrogatories? Explain their usefulness.

Not all courts require that interrogatories be filed.

What is the procedure for resolving post-production claims of privilege or protected trial preparation materials [ Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b) (5) (B)]?

Interrogatories are a good way to find information before a lawsuit begins.

What are the important ethical rules that apply to discovery? What is their significance?

Mandatory disclosure replaces document production in discovery.

Federal Rule 33 covers