Discovery Cutoffs News Today

hi, everyone i know that we say this a lot these days but buckle up its 4:00 in new york. were following breaking news on that monster $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against fox news just a little bit ago we received word of a bombshell of a plot twist during what was supposed to be the last pretrial hearing before jury selection begins. heres that headline the judge has sanctioned fox news and its parent company, fox corp, for withholding evidence in the dominion defamation suit and ...

Background when you are preparing a jury trial, theres a trial order that sets forth deadlines and cutoffs for things like discovery. when you are litigating in good faith, if somebody turns something over absent evidence that something else might exist, you believe that they have turned over this information in good faith discovery cutoffs, they are far enough in advance of a trial date so you can be prepared for anything and everything that comes your way theres no, quote, trial by ambush in a...