You have been recently hired at a law firm. They are in the middle of the Bennett Case. Your supervisor asks you to Review Appendix B and get “up to speed” with the rest of the team.
Now that all the pleadings in the Bennett case have been filed, your supervising attorney will be meeting with the attorney for the defendants pursuant to Rule 26 of the federal Rules to Develop a Mutual Discovery Plan. The federal Rules require the parties to identify the subjects on which discovery is needed. You have been asked to review the file and make a list of specific subjects or topics on which discovery is needed. You have also been asked to identify which discovery methods (deposition, interrogatories, etc.) should be used to obtain the needed information.
For this assignment:
1. Explain, in your own words, what Rule 26 is and what it says.
2. Make a list of specific subjects on which discovery is needed, and explain why. Identify the discovery methods which should be used.
3. Make a list of topics on which discovery is needed, and explain why. Identify the discovery methods which should be used.
