California Objection to Application to Be Relieved as Counsel Upon Completion of Limited Scope Representation

Quashing a Third-Party Subpoena A motion to quash can ask the court to quash the subpoena entirely, to limit its scope, or to modify its requests. The California Supreme Court in Facebook, Inc.

If a request asks for a document, make a copy of the document; in your response, describe the document and say that a copy is attached; and attach a copy of the document to the responses you send back to the other side.

A formal protest raised during a trial, deposition or other procedure indicating that the objecting attorney wishes the judge to disallow either the testimony of a given witness or other evidence that would violate the rules of evidence or other procedural law.

In parliamentary procedure, an objection to the consideration of a question is a motion that is adopted to prevent an original main motion from coming before the assembly. This motion is different from an objection to a unanimous consent request.

"Legal conclusion" often refers to a finding of law that only the court (i.e., the judge) is qualified to make in a trial proceeding, or upon appellate review.

SUMMARY: Failure to timely answer discovery or refusal to answer discovery has two important and potentially catastrophic consequences. You may waive your right to object to the discovery even if the other party has no right to the information requested. In other words, you may be forced to give it to them.

Relevance of Answer/Question. Question Lacks Foundation. Lacks Personal Knowledge/Speculation. Creation of a Material Fact. Improper Character Evidence. Lay Witness Opinion. Hearsay.

ANSWER: A fictional document. A non-existent objection neither based in statutory authority nor found in case law. A statement by a party during the discovery phase that they will neither be held to the Code of Civil Procedure nor the rules of evidence.

Make it a lead-off general objection. Object to anything that is not relevant to the subject matter (no longer the standard) or not likely to lead to admissible evidence (no longer the standard). Don't say if anything is being withheld on the basis of the objection. Use boilerplate wording from form files.