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Armesto Schedules

Dec 24, 2020

Updated: Dec 24, 2020

The Tip of the NIght for December 17, 2020, discussed Redfern schedules - tables used in arbitration to organize a party's discovery requests. The alternative Armesto schedule uses a vertical form to track the requests rather than a horizontal one. See this example on the Wolters Kluwer site:

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The Armesto schedule is color coded, with the requesting parties entries in pink, and the responding parties entries in blue. Each request is listed on a new page. The schedule has three rows for a specific description, the relevancy basis, and an indication that the requesting party does not have the documents. There are then six rows for each of the grounds on which a party may request that evidence be excluded pursuant to Article 9 of the International Bar Association's Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration. The request will be dismissed if any of three requirements can't be established, or if one of the objections applies. As you go from top to bottom, if any one of the necessary criteria doesn't apply the process can stop.

Redfern Schedules

Dec 18, 2020

In arbitration, a Redfern schedule is a table that is often used to list a party's document requests. The table should include several columns giving a description of the requested documents or ESI; the grounds for the request; objections; a response to objections; and a final decision. See these examples on the site of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes:

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. . . and on the site of the Permanent Court of Arbitration:

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Tracking Fedex packages wayback

Nov 19, 2020

If you need to find if a Fedex package was sent and received a while back, the tracking information available on the Fedex website is limited. The post here on the Fedex site notes that information will only be available for packages sent and delivered in the past 90 days.

But if you have a PS|Ship account you're in luck. PS|Ship will store data about your Fedex shipments up to at least 15 years ago, and the metadata in the system will indicate if a package was delivered.

Perhaps it's not too far-fetched that data in PS|Ship should be considered as a potential source from which to collect ESI for electronic discovery.

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