Comments on: Discovery overreach in Prop 8 battle? http://overlawyered.com/2009/08/discovery-overreach-in-prop-8-battle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discovery-overreach-in-prop-8-battle Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 17:39:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Deoxy http://overlawyered.com/2009/08/discovery-overreach-in-prop-8-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-68739 Deoxy Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:18:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=13268#comment-68739 As awful as that is, it's nice to see it being deployed on the conservative side for once. If both sides used all available legal nastiness, I think what was "available" would shrink, which would be good. That is, I view this similarly to how people occasionally talk about how to get rid of a bad law: thorough and even-handed enforcement. As long as one side mostly plays nice, the laws won't be changed. As awful as that is, it’s nice to see it being deployed on the conservative side for once. If both sides used all available legal nastiness, I think what was “available” would shrink, which would be good.

That is, I view this similarly to how people occasionally talk about how to get rid of a bad law: thorough and even-handed enforcement. As long as one side mostly plays nice, the laws won’t be changed.

]]> By: Law Dork http://overlawyered.com/2009/08/discovery-overreach-in-prop-8-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-68239 Law Dork Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:09:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=13268#comment-68239 Thanks for the link. Also, there's more there, in terms of potentially overreaching discovery descriptions -- and I've posted the brief at the top of the post. Thanks for the link. Also, there’s more there, in terms of potentially overreaching discovery descriptions — and I’ve posted the brief at the top of the post.

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