Failure by any person without adequate excuse to obey a subpoena served upon that person may be deemed a contempt of the court in which the action is pending.
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have several important provisions about production format. Rule 26 requires the parties to meet and confer about form of production in connection with the discovery plan. Rule 34 addresses content and timing of production format requests and objections.
Any party may serve upon any other party written interrogatories to be answered by the party served or, if the party served is a public or private corporation or a partnership, governmental entity, or unincorporated association, by any officer or agent, who shall furnish such information as is available to the party.
A party may depose any person who has been identified as an expert expected to testify when the expert interrogatory has been responded to by the other party.
This rule freely authorizes the taking of depositions under the same circumstances and by the same methods whether for the purpose of discovery or for the purpose of obtaining evidence.
Rule 37 - Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery: Sanctions. (a)Motion for Order Compelling Discovery. A party, upon reasonable notice to other parties and all persons affected thereby, may apply for an order compelling discovery as follows: (1)Appropriate Court.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) requires that each party provide ?initial disclosures? to the other parties in writing without waiting for a formal request.
Rule 37 - Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery: Sanctions. (a)Motion for Order Compelling Discovery. A party, upon reasonable notice to other parties and all persons affected thereby, may apply for an order compelling discovery as follows: (1)Appropriate Court.