Motion for Discovery Sanctions: Making and Opposing the Motion (Federal)

Summary

This practice note discusses how to move for and oppose discovery sanctions in a federal case in the absence of a prior court order and covers topics such as the requirements of Rules 37(c), 37(d), 37(f), and 26(g)(3), strategy, timing for making a motion for sanctions, defenses to the motion, types of sanctions available, and scenarios like failure to comply with disclosure requirements, improper certification for discovery, total failure to respond to discovery, and failure to admit the genuineness of a document.