Rule 37

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Rule 37 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs sanctions and remedies for failures to make disclosures or cooperate in discovery during civil litigation.

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Rule 37(c) 0
Rule 37(d) 0
Rule 37(e) 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf discovery sanction rule
provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
appliesTo civil litigation
authorizes adverse inference instructions in certain circumstances
award of expenses on motion to compel
contempt sanctions
default judgment in extreme cases
dismissal of actions in extreme cases
evidence preclusion sanctions
exclusion of evidence
issue-related sanctions
measures to cure prejudice from loss of ESI
monetary sanctions
motion to compel
other appropriate sanctions
payment of reasonable expenses
sanctions for failure to obey discovery order
sanctions without prior court order
governs remedies for failures to cooperate in discovery
remedies for failures to make disclosures
sanctions for discovery violations
hasSection Rule 37(a)
Rule 37(b)
Rule 37(c)
Rule 37(d)
Rule 37(e)
Rule 37(f)
jurisdiction United States federal courts NERFINISHED
legalDomain civil procedure
electronically stored information sanctions
pretrial discovery
legalSystem United States law
partOf United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
requires consideration of substantial justification for noncompliance
consideration of whether sanctions are just
subjectMatter failure to comply with a court order
failure to disclose or supplement
failure to participate in framing a discovery plan
failure to preserve electronically stored information
failure to respond to a request for inspection
failure to serve answers to interrogatories
motion to compel disclosure or discovery
party’s failure to attend its own deposition

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