There can be no pre-trial discovery.

A number of States made the declaration, commonly called 'the Article 23 reservation' that they would not act on requests for the pre-trial discovery of documents.

If anything, the 1975 Act took 'a stricter line' on pre-trial discovery than its predecessor.

It is the intent of the rules of procedure that pre-trial discovery take place without any intervention of a judge.

During pre-trial discovery, the plaintiffs' lawyers found that the partner in charge of the audit owned stock in Koger, a violation of accounting standards.

His defense of a patent lawsuit by Medtronic established a major legal precedent in 2003, governing who bears the cost of pre-trial discovery of electronic evidence.

That ruling held that pre-trial discovery should go forward to preserve evidence.

Evidence gathered in pre-trial discovery suggests that Umphrey Burrow negotiated a single settlement for all 126 plaintiffs, and then divided the money among them.

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

On December 21, 2010, Federal prosecutors turned over 4,600 of 6,000 pages of documents to Nikolaenko's attorney for pre-trial discovery.