Table of Contents See also Summary of Contents starting on page xi.

Table of Contents See also Summary of Contents starting on page xi. Chapter One: Understanding Discovery... 1 Discovery Overview Honorable Paul P. Panepinto... 3 I. Strategies for getting the right information... 5 II. The best timing and order of taking discovery... 5 III. How to effectively depose the difficult witness or party... 6 IV. Civility in the courtroom... 6 V. Navigating ediscovery... 7 VI. Discovery court Do s... 7 VII. Discovery court Don ts... 8 PowerPoint Presentation: Discovery and Civility for Young Lawyers Twanda Turner-Hawkins, Esquire... 9 Chapter Two: Preparing for Depositions... 25 Litigation Theory as it Applies to Depositions James R. Ronca, Esquire... 27 Definitions... 29 Bayes Theorem of Probability... 30 Real World Example 1: 2012 Election... 32 Real World Example 2: Poker. Texas Hold em... 33 From Theory to Practice: Deposition Strategy and Tactics... 34 Bias... 35 Preparation... 36 Example of Strategy... 37 Constructing Your Opponent s Case... 38 Tactics... 38 The Principle of Momentum... 38 xv

The Opening Move... 39 To Question or not to Question, that is the Question... 41 The Difficult Witness... 41 PowerPoint Presentation: Preparing For & Defending Depositions in Civil Matters from Defense Counsel s Perspective Veronica M. Nelson, Esquire... 57 I. Prepping a Witness... 60 A. Know the Case... 60 B. Quality Time & Tough Love with Your Witness(es)... 62 II. Defending a Deposition... 68 A. Know the Rules... 68 B. Taming of the Egos... 71 C. Defining the Win... 71 Top Ten Rules: Witness Preparation for Plaintiff s Adrianne W. Webb, Esquire... 73 Section Four: Coping with Deposition Disasters Adrianne W. Webb, Esquire... 77 Determine the goal of the deposition... 79 Prepare an outline... 80 Use the funnel technique... 80 Anticipate what your opponent wants... 80 Think ahead to jury selection... 80 Avoid Disaster... 80 Don t be afraid to leave an issue open... 80 Take a break... 81 Get Out of a Disaster... 81 Discredit bad testimony... 81 De-opinionize the witness... 81 Embrace the facts... 81 Section Five: Example General Witness Preparation Outline Veronica M. Nelson, Esquire... 83 I. Introduction... 85 II. Case Overview... 85 III. Purpose of Deposition In General... 85 IV. Witness s Background... 86 V. Case Specific Issues/Concerns Regarding Elements of Legal Claims... 86 xvi

VI. VII. Case Specific Issues/Concerns Regarding Documents, Electronically Stored Information and Social Media... 86 Case Specific Issues/Concerns Regarding Personal Knowledge of Witness That is Limited to This Witness or Essential to Case... 86 VIII. Witness s Testimony... 86 IX. General Do s and Don ts to Share with Witnesses... 86 Section Six: Sample Depositions and Deposition Outlines Adrianne W. Webb, Esquire... 89 Deposition of Corporate Designee... 91 Sales Representative Deposition Outline... 99 Treating Physician Deposition Outline... 103 Chapter Three: Written Discovery... 113 Written Discovery Strategies in Civil Litigation Bernard A. Williams, Esquire... 115 I. Introduction... 117 II. Discovery in Context of the Civil Action... 117 A. Pre-Filing Phase... 117 B. Pleadings Phase... 118 1. Complaint... 118 2. Motions to Dismiss and Preliminary Objections... 118 3. Answer... 119 C. Summary Judgment Motions... 119 D. Trial... 120 III. Overview of Discovery Themes and General Considerations... 120 A. What is Discovery?... 120 B. Attorney Work Product... 120 C. Attorney Client Privilege... 121 IV. Nuts and Bolts of Particular Discovery Methods... 121 A. Pre-Complaint Discovery... 121 1. Limited Pre-Complaint Discovery under the Pennsylvania Rules... 121 2. No Pre-Complaint Discovery under the Federal Rules... 122 B. Initial Discovery under the Federal Rules... 122 1. Rule 26(f) Conference... 122 2. The Discovery Plan... 123 3. Initial Disclosures under the Federal Rule... 123 C. Document Requests... 124 1. Propounding Document Requests... 124 2. Responding to Document Requests... 125 xvii

3. Producing Requested Documents... 126 4. Working with Documents Obtained During Discovery... 127 D. Special Considerations Concerning Electronic Discovery... 128 1. Types of E-Discovery... 128 2. Sources of E-Discovery... 128 3. Preservation of ESI... 128 4. Responding to Requests for ESI... 129 5. Format of ESI Production... 130 6. Strategic considerations for ESI discovery... 131 E. Interrogatories... 131 1. Propounding Interrogatories... 131 2. Responding to Interrogatories... 133 3. Supplementing Responses to Interrogatories... 134 F. Expert Witnesses... 134 1. Pre-Trial Disclosure of Expert Opinions and Reports... 135 2. Consulting Experts... 136 3. Work Product Protection Concerning... 136 4. Duty to Supplement Expert-Related Information... 137 G. Requests for Admission... 137 1. Propounding Requests for Admission... 137 2. Responding to Requests for Admission... 139 V. Conclusion... 140 A. Be Purposeful and Work Toward a Goal... 140 B. Be Cognizant of the Human Element Inherent in Every Civil Action... 143 Areas of Inquiry for Plaintiff s Request for Production of Documents Directed to Medical Provider Defendant in Medical Malpractice Case Adrianne W. Webb, Esquire... 145 Areas of Inquiry for Plaintiff s Request for Production of Documents Directed to Defendant in an Auto Accident Case Adrianne W. Webb, Esquire... 151 Section Four: Sample Interrogatories Directed to Defendant in a Medical Malpractice Case Adrianne W. Webb, Esquire... 155 Section Five: Sample Interrogatories Directed to Defendant in an Auto Accident Case Adrianne W. Webb, Esquire... 165 xviii

Chapter Four: ediscovery and Technology-Assisted Review... 175 The ESI/E-Discovery Cheat Sheets Veronica M. Nelson, Esquire... 177 The ESI/E-Discovery Cheat Sheet... 179 Cheat Sheet Hot Topics... 185 Significant Cases Submitted by: Adrianne W. Webb, Esquire and Christine Zaremski-Young, Esquire... 189 Technology Assisted Review: Driving ediscovery Efficiencies in the Era of Big Data Kroll Ontrack, Inc.... 193 Introduction: Managing Big Data with Technology Assisted Review... 197 Key Components of TAR... 198 Training... 198 Analyzing... 199 Evaluating... 199 Metrics in TAR... 200 Classification Effectiveness... 200 Precision exactness... 200 Recall completeness... 200 F-measure... 201 Sampling... 201 TAR is Legally Defensible... 201 Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe... 202 Kleen Products, LLC, et al. v. Packaging Corporation of America... 202 Global Aerospace, Inc. v. Landow Aviation, L.P.... 202 In re Actos (Pioglitazone) Products Liability Litigation... 202 EORHB, Inc., et al. v. HOA Holdings, LLC... 203 In re Biomet... 203 No one-size-fits-all TAR... 203 Ontrack Inview and TAR... 204 Workflow... 204 Prioritization... 205 Categorization... 205 Conclusion... 205 Section Four: Kroll Ontrack Materials Kroll Ontrack, Inc.... 207 xix

Technology Assisted Review Saves Clients Almost $200,000... 209 Technology Assisted Review Helps Client End Review 2 Weeks Early... 211 Machine Learning in Ontrack Inview Speeds Document Review... 213 New Documents Mid-way through a Document Review.Now What?... 215 Technology Assisted Review Aids in Quality Control of 55,000 Production Documents... 217 Chapter Five: The Ethics of Discovery... 219 The Philadelphia Bar Association Professional Guidance Committee Opinion 2009-02 (March 2009) Submitted by: Riley H. Ross, III, Esquire... 221 McMillen v. Hummingbird Speedway Submitted by: Riley H. Ross, III, Esquire... 229 Selected Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct Submitted by: Riley H. Ross, III, Esquire... 235 Rule 4.1 Truthfulness in Statements to Others... 237 Rule 5.3 Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants... 239 Rule 8.4 Misconduct... 241 Chapter Six: Discovery in Federal Court... 243 An Overview of Discovery in Federal Court Marla N. Presley, Esquire... 245 I. First Steps: Rule 26(1) and Rule 16 Conferences... 247 a. Discovery Moratorium... 247 b. Rule 26(f) Conference... 247 c. Federal Rules... 247 d. FRCP 16 Scheduling Conference... 248 e. Scheduling Order... 248 f. Modifying Dates/Limits... 248 II. Forms of Discovery in Federal Court... 249 a. Initial Disclosures 26(a)(1)... 249 b. Oral Depositions... 249 c. Depositions on Written Questions... 249 d. Interrogatories... 249 e. Requests for Admissions... 250 xx

f. Requests for Production... 250 g. Motion for Physical/Mental Examination... 250 h. Request for Entry on Land... 250 III. Discovery Issues in Federal Court... 250 a. Discovery Deadlines... 250 b. Scope of Discovery... 251 c. Supplementation... 251 d. Supplementation Sanctions... 251 e. Resisting Discovery... 251 f. Motion for Protective Order... 252 g. Expert Discovery 26(a)(2)... 252 h. Expert Discovery: Who Pays?... 252 i. Pretrial Disclosures 26(a)(3)... 252 j. Objections to Pretrial Disclosures... 252 IV. State & Federal Courts General Observations... 253 V. Pennsylvania State Court Discovery Variations... 253 a. Allegheny Court Rules... 253 b. Western District of Pennsylvania... 253 c. Judge-Specific Rules... 253 d. Conclusions... 253 Exhibits to An Overview of Discovery in Federal Court Submitted by: Marla N. Presley, Esquire... 255 Exhibit A... 257 Exhibit B... 265 Exhibit C... 271 Exhibit D... 283 Exhibit E... 289 Exhibit F... 297 Exhibit G... 309 Exhibit H... 321 Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Discovery Submitted by: Marla N. Presley, Esquire... 383 Section Four: Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules American Association for Justice... 387 Section Five: Federal Court Discovery Issues Submitted by: Marla N. Presley, Esquire... 391 xxi

Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp.... 393 November 16, 2010 Order Establishing a Panel of Special Masters for Electronic Discovery... 409 Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board Opinion: In the Matter of Matthew B. Murray... 411 Link: NYCLA Ethics Opinion 745, July 2, 2013... 421 Chapter Seven: Motions Submitted by: Royce W. Smith, Esquire and Adrianne W. Webb, Esquire... 423 Motion to Compel Mass Tort... 425 Motion to Compel Answers to Interrogatories... 431 Motion for Sanctions... 437 Appendix: Reference List Veronica M. Nelson, Esquire... 441 xxii