The Pretrial Practice & Discovery Committee is dedicated to enhancing the substantive knowledge of its members about a wide range of Pretrial Practice & Discovery issues. It keeps members abreast of legislative proposals, rule changes, and recent court decisions. To take full advantage of these benefits, we invite you to become involved in our subcommittees.

The Committee operates through its subcommittees, each of which focuses on a particular substantive or procedural topic, or which keeps the membership informed about recent developments in the law. With the help of members like you, the subcommittees can provide our membership with more in-depth information on a more frequent basis, especially in fast-growing and cutting-edge areas such as electronic discovery. Being involved also gives you the opportunity to network with some of the country's best and brightest litigators concerning topics that affect your practice every day.

Getting involved is easy! We will contact you with information about current projects. We look forward to working with you!

We hope you will take a moment to explore the Committee's latest newsletter, featuring articles on motions to dismiss, electronic discovery and drafting interrogatories. Additional articles can be found in the newsletter archive.

• Offers of Judgment: Strategic Use of Rule 68
• E-Discovery Obligations and European Privacy Duties
• Oops, It Happened Again: Inadvertent Disclosure Under New Federal Rule of Evidence 502
• Is Your Expert Your Ally or Your Enemy

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In drafting a motion for summary judgment it is important to know the elements of the cause of action at issue. From the petitioner’s perspective, you want to convince the judge that there are no issues of material fact.

On July 7, the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Washington significantly reduced the attorney fees in an employment discrimination case due to the inexperience of the plaintiff’s counsel in handling issues pertaining to electronic discovery.

On July 22, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its filing of the first enforcement action taken solely under section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)—otherwise known as the “claw back” provision.