Civil Discovery in Massachusetts: Developments 2005

Thursday | November 3, 2005 | 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

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Sponsor: Litigation Section

This program will provide an update on civil discovery practice in the Massachusetts state courts, including a review of changes in the rules, the new civil Time Standards, and recent decisions interpreting the Massachusetts discovery rules.

Attendees will gain a solid understanding of new developments in the law of privileges, the effects on discovery of the new civil Time Standards, obtaining examinations of parties by experts other than physicians, and recent decisions on sanctions.

 Specific topics will include:

• How the new Standing Orders adopted by the Trial Courts are affecting discovery practice
• Whether a judge will seal material under the Uniform Rules on Impoundment
• Whether a lawyer may invoke the work product doctrine against his own client, and other developments in the privileges recognized under G.L. c. 233
• When a judge will order production of psychotherapy records in a civil case
• If and when a judge will order expert depositions
• Recent decisions on discovery sanctions

Andrew A. Rainer, Esq.*
Program Chair
McRoberts, Roberts & Rainer, LLP

The Honorable Peter Lauriat*
Justice of the Superior Court

The Honorable Peter Agnes
Justice of the Superior Court

S. Elaine McChesney, Esq.*
Bingham McCutchen LLP

William H. Gordon, Esq.*
Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian

* Authors of “Discovery,” the volume of the Massachusetts Practice series devoted to the rules and practice of civil discovery.

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