"The actions by the managers, " the letter says, " undertaken without notice to the Senate or the president's counsel, raise profound questions of fundamental fairness and undermine the ability of this body to control the discovery procedures ."
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In at least one case, an employer has used discovery procedures to force the union to disclose pro-union supporters within the workplace, the number of organizers working on the campaign, its organizing strategies, its organizing budget and the amount and kind of information it had collected regarding the employer.
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In arguing for the stay earlier this year, government lawyers said it was essential to prevent DeBruce from " making use of the liberal discovery procedures applicable to a civil suit as a dodge to avoid the restrictions on criminal discovery and thereby obtain documents he would not otherwise be entitled to for use in his criminal trial ."
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In a motion filed earlier this week, Herman's office said the delay was essential to prevent DeBruce from " making use of the liberal discovery procedures applicable to a civil suit as a dodge to avoid the restrictions on criminal discovery and thereby obtain documents he would not otherwise be entitled to for use in his criminal trial ."
