The discovery hearings began on September 10 , 1998before Master John Trench.
In addition to creating a financial incentive for plaintiffs to turn in lawyers and case runners who make illegal offers, Mr. Edwards said that under the new law, lawyers like him can provide criminal evidence, collected during pretrial discovery hearings in civil suits, to prosecutors and the State Bar of Texas.
Represented corporation at legal trials, discovery matters, hearings and other legal proceedings.
The allowed ex parte conversations occur in proceedings that also have many elements of a traditional judicial process including formal testimony, discovery, evidentiary hearings, and pleadings.
The legal system, by contrast, insists on years of discovery, motion practice, hearings, trials and appeals that culminate in obscure rulings providing no guidance to the next litigant.
In the case of the Dodgers, Dewey & LeBoeuf's 171-page bill drones on with the work of 46 lawyers and staff members, including preparing memos, drafting motions, attending meetings, going to hearings, requesting discovery, devising strategy, speaking to the news media, exchanging e-mails and talking with McCourt.
So, after the pleadings are filed, the arbitrators selected and discovery completed, the arbitration hearings (having been scheduled months before) will commence.
The two also submitted pre-hearing motions for discovery and for an open hearing to COD Chair Sheila E. Widnall '60, who denied them.
The Administrator shall issue reasonable rules for discovery and other procedures for hearings under this paragraph.
The suit is in its early stages, with the discovery process just beginning and hearings not yet set.
As part of the collective bargaining agreement, there are procedures in place for appeal hearings, exchange of information, discovery and representation, but there is no requirement to reveal confidential sources of information.
