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Schwartz Semerdjian attorneys have written articles for the Discovery Law section of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego newsletter, Trial Bar News. Dick Semerdjian served as Column Editor for many years.

Trial Bar News

11.1.13
Who Pays for Discovery? A Cost Roadmap for Clients

10.1.13
Challenging Third-Party Deposition Subpoenas for Business Records – Disruption of Business

8.1.13
Employers’ Ability to Limit Employees’ Online Activities Curtailed as Social Media Policies Come Under Scrutiny

6.1.13
Forecasting the Impact of Cloud-Computing on e-Discovery

5.1.13
Speculation and the Inadequate Document Production

4.1.13
United Tripartite: the Attorney-Client Relationship between Insurer, Insured & Counsel

2.1.13
The Application of Attorney-Client Privilege to Attorney Retention

1.1.13
Expert Testimony or “Smelly Cat”

12.1.12
Discovering a Plaintiff’s Current Personnel File

11.1.12
“No Harm, No Foul” – Showing of Prejudice Necessary to Obtain Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence

10.1.12
Court Does Not Abuse Its Discretion in Striking an Answer and Entering Default

8.1.12
Employing Discovery to Continue a Summary Judgment Hearing

6.1.12
Beware – The Appealability of a Discovery Order

4.1.12
The Attorney Work Product Doctrine and Unintended Waiver

3.1.12
Court Does Not Abuse Its Discretion in Refusing to Hold-Camera Document Inspection Prior to Imposing Discovery Sanctions

2.1.12
Addressing the Disorganized Production

1.1.12
The Application of Attorney-Client Privilege to Attorney Retention

12.1.11
Egregious Discovery Misconduct Warrants Court’s Entering of Order of Default Against the Offending Party

11.1.11
The Role of Pitchess Discovery in Non-Criminal Actions

10.1.11
An Attorney’s Communications to Another Attorney Regarding A Legal Opinion of an Ongoing Case is Protected by the Attorney-Client Privilege