California Deposition and Discovery Practice

Complete guide, with law, text, annotated forms and procedural guides to every phase of discovery in civil litigation.
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Complete guide, with law, text, annotated forms and procedural guides to every phase of discovery in civil trial cases. In-depth, practical coverage includes:

•  General discovery concepts - planning, time limits and motion procedures
•  Scope of discovery - privileges and other protected matters
•  Methods of obtaining discovery under the Civil Discovery Act
of 1986 - depositions, interrogatories, inspections, examinations, requests for admission, exchange of expert witness information
•  Charts listing when sanctions are available and when statutory time periods may be shortened or extended
•  Procedural guides and forms that are easy to use and to copy
•  Appendices offering the complete text of Discovery Act, pertinent Evidence Code sections, and related California
•  Rules of Court, as well as a summary of discovery rules arising out of the trial court delay reduction program
•  Detailed index, tables of cases and statutes
Convenient cross-referencing to California Points and Authorities

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DIVISION I CIVIL DISCOVERY IN GENERAL
    CHAPTER 1 Overview of California Civil Discovery
    CHAPTER 2 Planning Discovery
    CHAPTER 2A Discovery of Electronically Stored Information in California Courts (E-Discovery)
    CHAPTER 3 Time Limits on Discovery
    CHAPTER 4 Discovery in Proceedings Other Than Civil Actions
    CHAPTER 5 Discovery in Limited Civil Cases
    CHAPTER 6 Discovery Outside California
    CHAPTER 7 Discovery in Federal Actions Compared 
    CHAPTER 8 General Procedures for Discovery Motions and Shortening or Extending Time
    CHAPTER 9 Review of Discovery Orders  

DIVISION II MATTERS SUBJECT TO CIVIL DISCOVERY  
PART A Scope of Discovery
    CHAPTER 20 Scope of Discovery
PART B Privileged and Other Protected Matters
    CHAPTER 21 Privileged Matters in General
    CHAPTER 22 Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
    CHAPTER 23 Spousal Privileges
    CHAPTER 24 Physician-Patient Privilege
    CHAPTER 25 Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
    CHAPTER 26 Official Information and Related Privileges 
    CHAPTER 27 Attorney-Client Privilege 
    CHAPTER 28 Attorney Work Product Protection
    CHAPTER 29 News Media Confidential Source Privilege
    CHAPTER 30 Right to Privacy 
    CHAPTER 31 Health Care Quality Control Committee Protections 
    CHAPTER 32 Miscellaneous Privileges

DIVISION III METHODS OF CIVIL DISCOVERY
PART A In General
    CHAPTER 40 Methods of Discovery
    CHAPTER 41 Regulation of Discovery Methods 
    CHAPTER 42 Sanctions for Misuse of Discovery Process   
  PART B Depositions
    CHAPTER 50 Depositions in General
    CHAPTER 51 Oral Depositions
    CHAPTER 52 Written Depositions 
    CHAPTER 53 Deposition of Nonparty
PART C Other Discovery Methods
    CHAPTER 60 Interrogatories
    CHAPTER 61 Demand for Inspection of Documents, Things, and Land
    CHAPTER 62 Physical and Mental Examinations
    CHAPTER 63 Requests for Admission
    CHAPTER 64 Exchange of Expert Trial Witness Information 
    CHAPTER 65 Perpetuation of Testimony and Preservation of Evidence

DIVISION IV APPENDICES
    APPENDIX A Text of Statutes
    APPENDIX B Text of Related California Rules of Court
    APPENDIX C Correlation Tables