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A purpose of the preservation letter is to

A) prevent the loss of e-information.
B) facilitate the return of privileged information.
C) aid the court in determining what is discoverable.
D) preserve the use of interrogatories in e-discovery.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Question 62

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Insurance agreements likely to cover damages are revealed through discovery.

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Go to the law library, Westlaw, LEXIS, or an Internet-based Web site and find at least five federal or state court decisions that found specific kinds of discovery requests not discoverable. List these and return to class ready to report the cases and the types of requests that were denied by the court.

What are interrogatories, and their purpose and advantages? What federal and state rules govern interrogatories? What is the limit on the number of interrogatories for federal and your state practice?

List seven discovery devices.

Mandatory disclosure includes

Discovery helps preserve evidence.

In both the ethics and discovery sections of your systems folder, place your own restatement of the ethical principles covered in this chapter, and cite the pertinent ethical rules.

What are the basic procedures that must be followed when utilizing interrogatories? What are the specific steps in planning a set of interrogatories?

Federal Rule 33 covers

Confidential information from the client must be revealed if it is requested through discovery.

How can your understanding of the elements of the case help you in drafting interrogatories?

You need to find out if the defendant's automobile had defects in the steering column, brakes, exhaust, or electrical circuits during the year of the accident and also during the preceding year. Write one simple interrogatory question to elicit these multiple answers.

Alerting the opposing party to how easily e-information can be destroyed and facilitating the early prevention of loss of e-information is the aim of

What is the best process for updating answers to interrogatories?

A U.S. Supreme Court decision has facilitated discovery in international cases.

Updating of discovery information is not necessary unless it is requested by the other side.

Under federal disclosure, information unfavorable to your client's case need not be disclosed.

Drawing from the interrogatory section of the chapter and any information added in class, draft a checklist for answering interrogatories and place it in your systems folder. The checklist should cover the basic steps and techniques for preparing, drafting, serving, and updating interrogatories.

Mandatory disclosure is governed by