
What Is a Party’s Duty to Supplement Discovery Responses?
Nothing puts a fire under me like a lawyer taking an absurd or unnecessarily difficult position about discovery, particularly when it clearly flies in the face of the rules of civil procedure. And it happens all the time. You may have noticed a trend here, whether it’s filing bogus Requests for Admission or refusing to accept service of discovery by email. So let’s embark on the latest absurdity and cut it off at the pass for the next guy – what is your duty to supplement discovery responses? Me: We just discovered your guy owns a couple of businesses that he’s...