Civil Litigation,
Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 25, 2016
Civil discovery sanctions
Earn MCLE while brushing up on a court's authority to impose sanctions.
Gary Nadler
Judge (ret.)
JAMS
Hon. Gary Nadler (Ret.) is a retired Sonoma County Superior Court judge and serves as an arbitrator, mediator, special master/discovery referee and neutral evaluator at JAMS.
The objective of this article and accompanying self-assessment test is to provide bench officers and lawyers with an overview of sanctions available in California civil discovery. By reading the article and taking the accompanying self-study test, readers will learn about the purpose of sanctions for discovery violations, the nature and sources of a court's power to impose sanctions, types of sanctions available, and what constitutes "substantial justification" barring sanctions.
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