High Noon in DC: Judge Facciola Lays Down the Law on Discovery Cooperation

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An article by Mark Sidoti, posted on the E-Discovery Law Alert website of the law firm Gibbons.

This article examines the case Taydon v. Greyhound Lines, Inc. and provides a link to that opinion.

The article states, "Anyone who thought that the concept of cooperation among counsel in discovery matters under the mandates of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(g) and The Sedona Conference® “Cooperation Proclamation” was hollow platitudes or aspirational goals, might want to review the latest word on this from one of the pre-eminent ediscovery Judges in the Country, Magistrate Judge John Facciola, of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. As he is wont to do, Judge Facciola took the opportunity presented by a rather pedestrian discovery dispute among counsel to make clear that the watchword in litigation discovery is cooperation among counsel."

In the opinion Judge Facciola refers to himself as the new sheriff in town, and orders the parties to meet and confer in good faith, and further orders a telephone conference in which he would be involved to help resolve any discovery disputes that the parties cannot resolve.