"And you were required to give me this copy during discovery?"

I hand him the underwriting manual that was given to me during discovery.

The documents, which were made public this week, were requested during discovery by lawyers for the eight players who brought the suit against the league.

In any event, defense lawyers are apparently still free to examine Ms. Jones's past during discovery before the trial.

These photos had not been exhibited during pretrial discovery.

"I asked to see those notes during discovery," Davis said, "but I was told you no longer had them."

Motions to quash may be filed if one party is trying to get protected information from the other party during discovery.

During pre-trial discovery, the parties agreed to a dismissal with prejudice, meaning that the suit cannot be brought again by the same complainants.

But Justice Department lawyers argued that it was common and natural to come upon new evidence during pretrial discovery and research.

At best it should mean that the trial is sealed for a limited time and that certain information usually available during discovery might be off limits.