At the beginning of a litigation matter, a subpoena is received. The official name is Subpoena Duces Tecum. In addition to a subpoena from a government entity, there might also be an accompanying document referred to as a “Civil Investigative Demand (CID)” or a “Request for Information or Assistance“. A litigation support professional should always request a…
In litigation support, we organize electronic discovery and our working files on the server by the specific client matter. A matter in the legal industry is the “new case” for which the attorneys have been hired by the client to provide legal services. Every “new case” is assigned a new client/matter number by the accounting…
For those newbies entering litigation support from a position outside of the legal industry or from an IT position in a law firm, there can be a learning curve when it comes to “discovery” in litigation cases, also referred to as “the discovery phase” or “the discovery process”. “Discovery” is considered the pretrial phase of a…
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