SAN FRANCISCO — Extraordinary discovery disputes call for extraordinary measures.

Which explains why U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu in Oakland ordered lawyers in a case before her to record their meet-and-confer talks so she could listen to the exchanges. What she heard, according to her latest order, were half-hearted and “rude” exchanges—and one lawyer hanging up on the other.

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