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One party asked for documents in March, 2007.  The other party provided only objections to the discovery request.  The court ordered production.  A year and a half later, 30,600 documents were produced.  Alas, entire categories of requested documents were withheld.  Many meets & confers later, the requesting party moved to compel compliance with the court’s order, but took the motion off calendar when informed the requested documents would be produced.  More than two years after the initial request, 60,000 more documents were produced “in complete disorder.”  Three lawyers had to be hired just to sort through the mess to prepare for depositions.  That cost the responding party $75,000 in sanctions.  Kayne v. The Grande Holdings Limited   (Cal. App. Second Dist., Div. 5; September 2, 2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 1470, [130 Cal.Rptr.3d 751].