Civil Rights
Dec. 19, 2019
New initial disclosure, supplementation option
Effective Jan. 1, 2020, civil litigants will have the option of stipulating to the exchange of initial disclosure.
William Slomanson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Email: bills@tjsl.edu
William Slomanson is also the author of California Procedure in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2014).
Effective Jan. 1, 2020, civil litigants will have the option of stipulating to the exchange of initial disclosure (ID). Cal. Civ. Pro. Section 2016.090. (Citations are to the California Code of Civil Procedure, unless otherwise indicated.) Assuming the court so orders, this preliminary discovery event would thus be completed before commencing routine discovery.
Initial disclosure will embrace fact witnesses, supporting documents, an...
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