FEATURE ARTICLE:
THE 1993 DISCLOSURE AND DISCOVERY CHANGES :
FIRST MAJOR OVERHAUL OF ARTICLE 31 SINCE CPLR'S 1963 ADOPTION PART
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CPLR 3102(f): INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS TO ADMIT NOW OKAY AGAINST
STATE
CPLR 3103(a): PROTECTIVE ORDER ON MOTION OF NONPARTY
CPLR 3113(a)(2): OFFICERS WHO MAY TAKE DEPOSITIONS
CPLR 3116(a): DISPENSING WITH SIGNING OF DEPOSITION BY OFFICER
CPLR 3120(a): DISCOVERY NOW ALLOWED BY "CATEGORY" OF DOCUMENTS
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 THE
NEW FILING SYSTEM
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS:
Complications in Measuring Time for Second
Proceeding When Service Fails in First One
FILING PROOF OF SERVICE:
Is Nunc Pro Tunc Order Permissible to Remedy
Late Proof of Service in the Second Action?
PRIORITY BETWEEN ACTIONS:
Under "Filing" System, Which Action Gets Priority
on Other- Action-Pending Motion?
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GENERAL
PRACTICE POINTS
NOTICE OF CLAIM:
Special Proceeding Can Be Used for Leave to
Serve Late Notice of Claim
CONTEMPT AGAINST ATTORNEY:
Lawyer Deliberately Withholding from Client
Data About Restraining Notice Faces Contempt
FEDERAL
PRACTICE
DISCLOSURE IN AID OF FOREIGN
PROCEEDING:
Second Circuit Holds That Local Disclosure
to Aid Foreign Action May Cover More Than Foreign Tribunal Would Itself
Allow
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