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Moore's AnswerGuide: Federal Discovery Practice answers your basic questions about discovery in federal civil cases, including topics such as privilege, discovery of electronically stored information, and discovery from nonparties. This authoritative desk reference provides:
*Succinct answers to major points of federal discovery practice.
*Expert analyses, strategic pointers, warnings, circuit split discussions, and other case-oriented insight.
*Numerous checklists, providing step-by-step guidance for discovery procedures.
*Hundreds of cross-references to Moore's Federal Practice, Bender's Federal Practice Forms, Federal Litigation Guide, and other sources for more detailed analysis and forms.
AnswerGuide products are available in print and online and combine practical answers with guidance to relevant cases, codes, rules and in-depth analytical sources. In print, Moore's AnswerGuide: Federal Discovery Practice serves as a portable practice resource for the federal litigator.
The 2023 edition ISBN is 9781663356505.
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Featured Authors
Timothy J. Chorvat
Timothy J. Chorvat served as of counsel to Jenner & Block’s London and Chicago offices, where he concentrated his practice in the areas of civil and commercial litigation. Mr. Chorvat served as Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association‘s Civil Practice & Procedure Section Council and the ISBA‘s Assembly Governance Committee. He has also chaired the Working Group on Electronic Evidence of the American Bar Association‘s Cyberspace Law Committee. He currently serves as website co-chair of the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program committee. Mr. Chorvat is an author of the chapters on Class Actions and Derivative Actions in Moore‘s Federal Practice and has written numerous articles, treatise sections, and book chapters on litigation-related topics, with a particular focus on technological developments in the law. Mr. Chorvat graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 1986, where he served on the Michigan Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1983, where he was chosen to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Chorvat was an Assistant Professor of Law at the IIT Chicago Kent College of Law. Mr. Chorvat joined Jenner & Block in 1986.
Howard S. Suskin
Howard S. Suskin is a partner in Jenner & Block‘s Litigation Department, where he serves as Co-Chair of the Firm‘s Class Action Practice and Securities Litigation Practice. Mr. Suskin has substantial first-chair experience representing individuals and business entities in civil and criminal securities matters, including class actions alleging securities fraud and misrepresentation claims, derivative actions claiming breach of fiduciary duty, contests for corporate control, insider trading investigations, and broker-dealer issues. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Suskin serves as an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Circuit Court of Cook County, FINRA, and the National Futures Association, and also as a mediator with FINRA. Mr. Suskin is the General Counsel for the Chicago Bar Association, and formerly was a member of the CBA‘s Board of Managers. Mr. Suskin also served as Chairman of the CBA‘s Class Action Committee, Bench & Bar Committee, Financial & Investment Services Committee, and Securities Law Committee. Mr. Suskin is an active member of the ABA Securities Law Committee, including serving as co-chair of the Class and Derivative Actions Subcommittee. Mr. Suskin serves on the Advisory Boards for Board IQ, a Financial Times publication, and The Deal, and previously served on the Securities Editorial Advisory Board of Law360. Mr. Suskin is on the faculty of Practising Law Institute and co-chairs its annual Class Action Symposium. He has published and lectured extensively on issues relating to class actions and securities law. Members of the Leading Lawyers Network have recognized Mr. Suskin‘s work in several areas, including class actions, commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and securities and venture financing law. He has been named one of the "Best Lawyers in America" for commercial litigation, and has been named a "Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyer" eight times since 2007, and a “Top 10“ Super Lawyer“ in 2015. Mr. Suskin graduated from Northwestern University with distinction, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and obtained his J.D. degree with honors from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of the Michigan Law Review.
Table of contents
CHAPTER 1 Developing a Discovery Plan
CHAPTER 2 Scope of Discovery: Relevance and Burden
CHAPTER 3 Privileges and Work Product Protection
CHAPTER 4 Pretrial Conferences and Mandatory Disclosures
CHAPTER 5 Requests for Production and Inspection
CHAPTER 6 Management and Discovery of Electronically Stored Information
CHAPTER 7 Interrogatories
CHAPTER 8 Oral Depositions
CHAPTER 9 Written Depositions
CHAPTER 10 Perpetuation of Testimony
CHAPTER 11 Physical and Mental Examinations
CHAPTER 12 Discovery of Experts
CHAPTER 13 Requests for Admission
CHAPTER 14 Nonparty Discovery: Subpoena
CHAPTER 15 Modifying Discovery Procedures by Stipulation
CHAPTER 16 Restricting and Modifying Discovery Procedures by Motion; Protective Orders
CHAPTER 17 Compelling Discovery by Motion
CHAPTER 18 Sanctions
Appendix: Selected Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Table of Statutes
Index
