{"id":36,"date":"1989-11-09T20:21:07","date_gmt":"1989-11-10T02:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courtroom.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2020-08-04T15:08:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:08:48","slug":"well-know-it-when-we-see-it-the-concept-of-good-cause-for-failure-to-supplement-discovery-responses-under-the-texas-rules-of-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/well-know-it-when-we-see-it-the-concept-of-good-cause-for-failure-to-supplement-discovery-responses-under-the-texas-rules-of-c\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll Know It When We See It: Good Cause for Failure to Supplement Discovery Texas Rules of Civil Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1989\/11\/PZ_pen-and-paper-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"pen and paper\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1989\/11\/PZ_pen-and-paper-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1989\/11\/PZ_pen-and-paper-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1989\/11\/PZ_pen-and-paper-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1989\/11\/PZ_pen-and-paper-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1989\/11\/PZ_pen-and-paper.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nBy Michael Pezzulli and Charles J. Fortunado<\/p>\n<p>How to admit or exclude evidence in Texas litigation when not disclosed to the client in a timely manner: Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course presented to The State Bar of Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An uncritical reading of the various opinions dealing with the use of discovery in litigation as &#8220;a sword and a shield&#8221; might conclude that it cannot be done.<\/strong> Notwithstanding the substantial body of case law to the contrary, discovery and claims of privilege can be used as both a sword and a shield. Indeed, it is often in the client&#8217;s best interest to use or attempt to use discovery and claims of privilege as both a sword and a shield.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/well-know-it-when-we-see-it-the-concept-of-good-cause-for-failure-to-supplement-discovery-responses-under-the-texas-rules-of-c\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading We&#8217;ll Know It When We See It: Good Cause for Failure to Supplement Discovery Texas Rules of Civil Procedure\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Pezzulli and Charles J. Fortunado How to admit or exclude evidence in Texas litigation when not disclosed to the client in a timely manner: Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course presented to The State Bar of Texas. An uncritical reading of the various opinions dealing with the use of discovery in litigation as &#8220;a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,91,103,84,101,95],"tags":[60,59,54,55,61,56],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asset-division","category-business-ethics","category-civil-lawsuit","category-commercial-litigation","category-fraud","category-jury-trials","tag-discovery","tag-evidence","tag-excluding-evidence","tag-presenting-evidence","tag-privilege","tag-texas-rules-of-civil-procedure"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>We&#039;ll Know It When We See It: Good Cause for Failure to Supplement Discovery Texas Rules of Civil Procedure &#8212; Texas Law Updates &#8212; November 9, 1989<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Michael Pezzulli and Charles J. 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