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 ====== Discovery ====== ====== Discovery ======
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 +//**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap>
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 /* <wrap lo>//See also: [[http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/formal-discovery-gathering-evidence-lawsuit-29764.html|Formal Discovery: Gathering Evidence for Your Lawsuit]]//</wrap> */ /* <wrap lo>//See also: [[http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/formal-discovery-gathering-evidence-lawsuit-29764.html|Formal Discovery: Gathering Evidence for Your Lawsuit]]//</wrap> */
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 Discovery can be obtained from parties not directly named in a suit using subpoenas. When a discovery request is objected to, the requesting party may seek the assistance of the court by filing a motion to compel discovery. Discovery can be obtained from parties not directly named in a suit using subpoenas. When a discovery request is objected to, the requesting party may seek the assistance of the court by filing a motion to compel discovery.
  
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 [{{ :ranahan_3.32.06_am.jpg?nolink&100|**Erin Ranahan**}}] [{{ :ranahan_3.32.06_am.jpg?nolink&100|**Erin Ranahan**}}]
-**DISCOVERY UNDERWAY** Axanar attorney [[Erin Ranahan]] told [[http://www.space.com/33259-star-trek-axanar-trailer-released-amid-lawsuit.html|Space.com]] in a June 23, 2016, article: "We are continuing settlement talks, and the discovery process is well underway. … We hope that the lawsuit will be resolved before the need to file any further motions with the court."+<wrap lo>**DISCOVERY UNDERWAY** Axanar attorney [[Erin Ranahan]] told [[http://www.space.com/33259-star-trek-axanar-trailer-released-amid-lawsuit.html|Space.com]] in a June 23, 2016, article: "We are continuing settlement talks, and the discovery process is well underway. … We hope that the lawsuit will be resolved before the need to file any further motions with the court." By July 12, however, discovery had proceeded far enough for both sides to file for a [[protective order]] governing confidential information to be gathered in discovery.</wrap>
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 Certain types of information are generally protected from discovery, including: Certain types of information are generally protected from discovery, including:
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 +<wrap lo>**SUBPOENA ISSUED** Axanar's former chief technologist and current critic, **Terry McIntosh**, was [[mcintosh_subpoena|served with a subpoena]] that went public on September 2, 2016. The subpoena points to other persons of interest to the plaintiffs, CBS and Paramount.</wrap>
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   * Information that is privileged.   * Information that is privileged.
   * Work product of the opposing party.   * Work product of the opposing party.
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 ==== Scheduling Conference ==== ==== Scheduling Conference ====
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 ===== Public Disclosure ===== ===== Public Disclosure =====
-According to the Federal Justice Center, evidence formally submitted to the court, either at trial or for consideration by the judge, is generally eligible for public disclosure, unless parties successfully seek a protective order. 
  
-> Parties now undertake discovery away from the court. Experience has proved confidentiality protective orders to grease the wheels of discovery in many cases. Parties are often more willing to produce requested discovery when they know that such production does not necessarily make the information public.(([[http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/confidentialdisc.pdf/$file/confidentialdisc.pdf|Federal Justice Center: Confidential Discovery — A Pocket Guide on Protective Orders]], (2012), p.1.))+<wrap lo>//See also: [[protective_order|Protective order]]//</wrap>
  
-<WRAP round info> +According to the Federal Justice Center, evidence formally submitted to the court, either at trial or for consideration by the judge, is generally eligible for public disclosure, unless parties successfully seek a protective order. 
-Portions of this article were adapted from the article, **[[wp>Discovery (law)]]**.+ 
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 +<wrap lo>Portions of this article were adapted from the article, **[[wp>Discovery (law)]]**.</wrap>
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 +> Parties now undertake discovery away from the court. Experience has proved confidentiality protective orders to grease the wheels of discovery in many cases. Parties are often more willing to produce requested discovery when they know that such production does not necessarily make the information public.(([[http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/confidentialdisc.pdf/$file/confidentialdisc.pdf|Federal Justice Center: Confidential Discovery — A Pocket Guide on Protective Orders]], (2012), p.1.))
  
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 **Keywords** {{tag>lawsuit plaintiffs defendants}} **Keywords** {{tag>lawsuit plaintiffs defendants}}