Practical Observations by Judges on the Scope of Discovery

December 18, 2014

In the last several months, judges of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York have issued a number of rulings on discovery disputes that offer both pragmatic resolution of the dispute at hand and broader, instructive commentary on the scope of permissible discovery. These rulings make clear that Southern District judges are increasingly losing patience with discovery for discovery’s sake. This article discusses several of those opinions.

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Edward M. Spiro