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Boilerplate discovery objections infect pretrial documents in most modern civil litigation. Responses to requests for production and interrogatories are often littered with trite objections like “Objection: overbroad, irrelevant, privileged”—objections low on detail and high on obstruction.
What does "boilerplate" mean in legal documents? Boilerplate refers to standard language that is commonly used in legal documents. Think of it as a template that includes phrases and clauses that are often repeated across similar types of contracts.
Most boilerplate clauses clarify the relationship between the contracting parties. Generally, subject to statutory restrictions and illegality, the parties to an English law contract are free to define their contractual relationship between each other.
Boilerplate comes to the fore when things go wrong - when, for example, a party wishes to escape from a contract or to throw the burden of losses on others. This is inevitably more common in bad times than in good, and so boilerplate clauses have come under increased scrutiny in the recent past.
15 Αυγ 2020 · An overly broad discovery request lacks specificity as to time, place, and/or subject matter being requested. However, overbroad is not a valid objection unless it can be shown that the request imposes an undue burden or seeks discovery that is not relevant to the subject matter of the case.
3 Απρ 2024 · What does Boilerplate mean? Boilerplate is a term used for clauses/terms (normally of a standard nature) and common to most agreements, which do not relate to the substantive part of the contract but are required to set out how the contract works.
31 Ιουλ 2019 · Under Rule 26 (g), an attorney certifies that, after a reasonable inquiry (1) a disclosure is complete and accurate when made; (2) a request is consistent with the rules or a non-frivolous argument for extending, modifying, reversing, or creating law; (3) a request is not interposed for an improper purpose; and (4) a request is neither unreasona...
