Discovery Requests Gone Wrong: Drafting and Common Mistakes

Discovery requests can go wrong on many levels, but sometimes it is as easy as coming back to the basics of how to request discovery, respond to discovery, and conduct oneself if discovery becomes contentious. Litigants should never use discovery to harass, harm the other side, or abuse the process. If a litigant abuses the process, they are exposed to potential sanctions. This program, presented by Cari Sheehan, Assistant Clinical Professor of Business Ethics and Law at Indiana University- Kelley School of Business, will take you back to the basics of discovery drafting, responses, and the top mistakes. The viewer will be taken through examples and stories of discovery gone wrong to illustrate the points raised in the seminar.  

 
Learning Objectives:

1. Analyze potential ways discovery is abused

2. Illustrate the basics of discovery with examples of the dos and don'ts of written and oral discovery

3. Classify how to request discovery in certain circumstances and respond using proper objections 

4. Outline responding and objecting to subpoenas and subpoenas duce tecum

5. Recognize discovery deficiencies and identify how to obtain full responses from opposing counsel

6. Review procedures for e-discovery and maintaining documents to produce