Discovery in complex cases can consume massive time and expense.
Evidence
In most cases, requests for information or materials during discovery are quite limited. However, discovery in complex cases can be time consuming and expensive. In the first 5 years of the IBM antitrust case, for example, 64 million pages of records and documents were obtained through discovery. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2230
Categorization
- SHARE: The IBM antitrust figure is a niche, delightful statistic for anyone teaching or studying civil procedure.
- CANDY: 64 million pages of documents in five years is a genuinely tweetable illustration of litigation scale.
- XREF: connects to: Discovery operates through depositions, interrogatories, and document production — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1081; Complex-case discovery can generate tens of millions of document pages — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1082; Discovery in complex cases can generate tens of millions of documents. (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Discovery in complex cases can generate tens of millions of documents.
#expands(0.95) - Inspection schemes can gather too much information and increase vulnerability
#corroborates(0.90) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 558 - Hunting through multidimensional data produces spurious significant findings.
#complicates(0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 602