We manage all aspects of litigation discovery including document production, depositions, interrogatories, and e-discovery to build strong cases while controlling costs.
Discovery often determines litigation outcomes and drives litigation costs. MC Law's Discovery practice manages all aspects of the discovery process.
Electronic discovery presents significant challenges. We develop ESI protocols, manage document collection and processing, and implement technology-assisted review.
Federal discovery allows parties to obtain information that is relevant to any party's claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case. The court considers the importance of the issues, the amount in controversy, the parties' resources, and the burden of discovery.
E-discovery involves the identification, preservation, collection, processing, review, and production of electronically stored information. It often represents the largest discovery cost and requires early planning for litigation holds, ESI protocols, and technology-assisted review.
A litigation hold is a directive to preserve potentially relevant documents and ESI when litigation is reasonably anticipated. It must be implemented promptly, communicated to all relevant custodians, and monitored for compliance. Failure to preserve can result in sanctions.
Strategies include creating and maintaining privilege logs, entering into clawback agreements under Rule 502(d) for inadvertent production, using privilege review protocols, and obtaining protective orders for sensitive information. Early privilege review planning reduces risk and cost.
Courts may impose sanctions ranging from compelling disclosure and awarding fees to striking pleadings, entering adverse inference instructions, or dismissing claims. Proportionality of sanctions depends on the degree of fault and resulting prejudice.
Order attorney-drafted documents related to this practice.
A set of document requests served by the defendant in a copyright litigation case involving a similar work, asking the plaintiff to provide specific documents relevant to the case.
A set of interrogatories served by the defendant in a copyright litigation case involving a similar work, requiring the plaintiff to respond to written questions under oath.
A set of document requests served by the plaintiff in a copyright litigation case involving a similar work, asking the defendant to provide specific documents relevant to the case.
A set of interrogatories served by the plaintiff in a copyright litigation case involving a similar work, requiring the defendant to respond to written questions under oath.
A comprehensive clearance search plus preparation and filing of one federal trademark application.
Clearance, preparation, and filing, plus responses to routine (non-substantive) Office Actions.
Full-service prosecution from filing through registration, including substantive Office Action responses.
A short-form agreement providing a security interest in copyrighted works as collateral for a loan or other financial arrangement.