Initial Disclosure – Bow Tie Law

Auto-Exclusion: Undermining Your Own Case with Failed Disclosures

October 1, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, Exclusion of Evidence, Initial Disclosures

Discovery Rules with Teeth Here is a great rule with teeth: If you do not disclose ESI or documents under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 26(a), they are automatically excluded under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 37(c)(1). In Melczer v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., 2009 U.S.[…]