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Discovery happens before a trial. The plaintiff gets to ask the defendant for relevant documents. This can be clearly weaponized—the plaintiff can request every
by jonstewart 4y ago
Discovery happens before a trial. The plaintiff gets to ask the defendant for relevant documents. This can be clearly weaponized—the plaintiff can request everything and make the defendant spend a lot of time and money on it. A common recourse is for the defense to argue the initial discovery request is overbroad and burdensome. Often there’s some negotiation but of course the judge makes the ultimate call. I won’t opine on the merits of this particular claim, but it’s a common claim.
It also works both ways. The defendant can dump all sorts of papers on the plaintiff and say, “be careful what you ask for, good luck wading through this!”
- AlbertCory 4y agoYou're certainly right about the routine. If they dumped all the donors over $50,000 for the last 10 years, even on paper, I can't believe it would be that much to go through.
- jonstewart 4y agoA nice curated authoritative spreadsheet/database wouldn’t be so much data. What if such a data set doesn’t exist? What if it’s all in the email and word docs for these collegiate development and admissions departments over a decade? How do you tell it apart?
- AlbertCory 4y agoA University "development department" doesn't have a list of their biggest donors anywhere? Somehow I doubt that.