Practical guide to the federal discovery rules, their application, and the strategies for using the rules for courtroom advantage.

The Mealey's Litigation Report: Discovery will cover the latest news pertaining to discovery issues, including how different districts and judges interpret federal discovery rules, procedural changes, the work product, attorney-client and common interest privileges and discovery abuse.

Offers trial-tested guidance through all the intricacies of what to do, whether to do it, and how to do it -- at every stage of the discovery process.

Coverage includes 2000 - 2009, and a limited number of documents from other years. Select civil trial interrogatory questions, answers, or questions and answers from selected state trial courts, U.S. District Courts and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts.

e-Discovery for Everyone is an introduction to e-Discovery that avoids over-technicality, without being substantively superficial, and manages to be interesting and amusing. Ralph has been writing his e-Discovery Team blog since 2006, and e-Discovery for Everyone assembles many of his most helpful and recent blog posts in a collection that will be of value to newcomers to e-Discovery as well as seasoned practitioners. The book is written in a conversational style, and is divided into short chapters easily read in a relatively short sitting.

Electronic Discovery is a comprehensive and much-needed treatment of this vital and evolving area. Beginning with the basic rules governing discovery, this book discusses the legal and practical challenges involved in e-discovery, special evidentiary issues, when protective orders to limit electronic discovery may be issued, and strategic considerations--in short, everything the practitioner needs to master the use of e-discovery. Electronic Discovery looks closely at "reasonableness" in the context of electronic discovery, e-mail, messaging and other danger zones, document retention policies that can withstand scrutiny, and other essential topics. The authors provide guidance from both offensive and defensive perspectives, including timesaving forms and examples.