What is the purpose of the meet and confer under the Federal ...

[Redwolflake15]

What is the purpose of the meet and confer under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is the procedure under the federal rules for claiming privilege with respect to trial preparation materials?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[bookworm410]

Answer to Question 1

The purpose of the meet and confer is to exchange the information required by mandatory disclosure and to develop a plan of discovery for additional information to share with the judge at the scheduling conference.

Answer to Question 2

To assert a claim of privilege, a party must create a privilege log, identifying each item that is being withheld, and the reasons for withholding it.

[Redwolflake15]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[mochi09]

Excellent