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Rant: Discovery rules in Texas vs California made me rethink everything
I was working on a breach of contract case last month and the discovery rules in Texas were way stricter than what I dealt with in California. In Texas, they basically hand over everything upfront, no questions asked. But in California, you have to fight for every single document and it drags out for months. The Texas approach saved us 6 weeks of back and forth. Has anyone else noticed huge differences between state court rules?
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joseph_hart10d ago
Has anyone else run into that thing where Texas courts expect you to just hand over everything, but California makes you jump through hoops for each email? It feels like the Texas approach cuts down on all those dumb fights over privilege logs and clawback requests that eat up billable hours in California courts. The difference is honestly wild once you see how much faster cases move when discovery is actually cooperative from the start.
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jordan1349d ago
Wait, California makes you do all that for each email? That sounds like a nightmare. In Texas it's basically dump everything that might be relevant and sort it out later, no one makes you catalog each single message before handing it over. I did a case in Dallas last year where we just sent over a massive folder of emails and the other side didn't even ask for a privilege log until we were done negotiating. California sounds like you'd burn a whole week just arguing over metadata.
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