California § 2030.090. 2030.090. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23.)

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§ 2030.090. — 2030.090. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23.)

California·Code CCP Code of Civil Procedure - CCP·Title 4.·Part 4. TITLE 4. CIVIL DISCOVERY ACT·Ch. 13. CHAPTER 13. Written Interrogatories·Art. 1. ARTICLE 1. Propounding Interrogatories

(a)When interrogatories have been propounded, the responding party, and any other party or affected natural person or organization may promptly move for a protective order. This motion shall be accompanied by a meet and confer declaration under Section 2016.040.

(b)The court, for good cause shown, may make any order that justice requires to protect any party or other natural person or organization from unwarranted annoyance, embarrassment, or oppression, or undue burden and expense. This protective order may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following directions:

(1)That the set of interrogatories, or particular interrogatories in the set, need not be answered.

(2)That, contrary to the representations made in a declaration submitted under Section 2030.050, the number o

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(a)
When interrogatories have been propounded, the responding party, and any other party or affected natural person or organization may promptly move for a protective order. This motion shall be accompanied by a meet and confer declaration under Section 2016.040.
(b)
The court, for good cause shown, may make any order that justice requires to protect any party or other natural person or organization from unwarranted annoyance, embarrassment, or
oppression, or undue burden and expense. This protective order may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following directions:
(1)
That the set of interrogatories, or particular interrogatories in the set, need not be answered.
(2)
That, contrary to the representations made in a declaration submitted under Section 2030.050, the number of specially prepared interrogatories is unwarranted.
(3)
That the time specified in Section 2030.260 to respond to the set of interrogatories, or to particular interrogatories in the set, be extended.
(4)
That the response be made only on specified terms and conditions.
(5)
That the method of discovery be an oral deposition instead of
interrogatories to a party.
(6)
That a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information not be disclosed or be disclosed only in a certain way.
(7)
That some or all of the answers to interrogatories be sealed and thereafter opened only on order of the court.
(c)
If the motion for a protective order is denied in whole or in part, the court may order that the party provide or permit the discovery against which protection was sought on terms and conditions that are just.
(d)
The court shall impose a monetary sanction under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2023.010) against any party, person, or attorney who unsuccessfully makes or opposes a motion for a protective order under this section, unless it finds that the one
subject to the sanction acted with substantial justification or that other circumstances make the imposition of the sanction unjust.

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