Barge Company and Cove Harbor dispute the meaning of their contract. Unable to agree on settlement, the parties prepare for trial. To obtain information, they engage in discovery. This includes gaining access to each other's witnesses and other types of evidence bya. improper requests and related tactics.

b. subterfuge and similar methods.

c. voir dire and a writ of certiorari.

d. depositions and other devices.

Option B

Explanation:

In a court case, all evidences are important and very confidential until presented to the court. The opposition wouldn't want to expose its plans and cases to the other party, because either party wants to win, so in other to be ahead or win, most cases, either parties try to engage in some methods, some are legal, some are illegal until exposed, the level lawyers take evidences, facts and information and how they get them, takes extra efforts and dedications, so would anyone try to waste his effort by allowing the other party to gain hold of his evidence, the answer is No.

So parties use different methods some are subterfuge, that is why option B is my answer. because from the question, both parties are not agreeing on terms and they want to gain information to be used against each other, what can be seen right in the passage of the question has "Subterfuge".