Judges and Judiciary,
Law Practice
Sep. 28, 2012
Court closures warrant rethinking traditional trial practice
Counsel must inevitably acknowledge the reality of changing times and conditions and consider modification of typical litigation practice.
Lawrence Waddington
Neutral
JAMS
Email: waddington1@aol.com
Lawrence is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge and former assistant attorney general for the state of California. He is author of "Disorder in the Court" at Amazon.com. He also edits the 9th Circuit blog, "The 9th Circuit Watch."
Several years ago, litigation lawyers complained that their adversaries at trial "ambushed" them by submitting evidence never previously disclosed. The state Legislature responded by enacting legislation mandating each party reveal its evidence to the other side prior to trial. Under the rubric of "discovery," depositions become the standard practice in addition to requests for answers to interrogatories, demands for production of documents, and requests for admissions. Summary judgments m...
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