Document Don’ts: Drafting Discovery Requests

Want to ensure your discovery requests are not only FRCP-compliant but thorough and effective? Cue one of Civil Litigation’s core documents by Jim Wagstaffe on drafting and serving document requests. He’ll take you through the Rule 34 requests, drafting, formatting, proportionality, types of document requests, motions to compel … basically anything and everything you need to know. Check out the practice note at the link below!

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