
Can a Lawyer Refuse Service of Discovery by Email?
“I don’t know what the rules say, but … that’s just dumb.” I recently had the rare displeasure of being completely dumbfounded by statements made by opposing counsel in a letter. Two months prior to receiving the letter, we had filed a notice of service of discovery requests that we were propounding to the Plaintiff. We then emailed the notice and the discovery requests to opposing counsel. Two months later, opposing counsel sent us a letter advising us that he had received our notice of discovery but had not received our discovery requests because his office does not accept service of...