Discovery in federal court

Federal practice promotes a spirit of discovery at the inception of the case. Embrace it

Denisse O. Gastélum

From Issue: 2024 April

Consenting to magistrate judges in federal civil actions

Magistrate judges regularly preside over tort, injury, and employment actions, whether removed from state court or involving a federal defendant

Michael R. Wilner

From Issue: 2020 March

Beating a claim of “fraudulent joinder”

Show any possibility of recovering against a California citizen and your case should likely be remanded back to state court

Kevin Nguyen

From Issue: 2022 December

Degrees of privacy in federal court

The three-way split on protection for mental-health-counseling records

Bill Foster

From Issue: 2024 May

Best practices in federal court

Sixteen things plaintiffs’ attorneys need to know when they find themselves in federal court

Christine J. Gonong

From Issue: 2020 March

Attorney’s fees and costs in FEHA cases

Recovery of fees and costs, and statutory offers to compromise, in FEHA cases after Williams and the 2019 statutory amendment to FEHA

Kelly A. Knight

From Issue: 2019 August