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Discovery Violations
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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Delaware Supreme Court Refines Standard for Missed Pre-Trial Deadlines
The Delaware Supreme Court recently announced a new standard refining the rules that govern litigants’ requests for extensions. Since 2010, the “Drejka analysis” provided a six-factor test to apply when…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Must A Trial Court Apply the Least Severe Sanction to State Discovery Violations? State v. Demetrius Darmond.
Update: On March 21, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. On January 9, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview. Must A Trial Court Apply the Least Severe Sanction to State Discovery Violations? State v. Demetrius Darmond.
Update: On March 21, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. Read the analsyis of the oral argument in this case…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Discovery
By Ellen Podgor
One of the hottest issues these days concerns discovery violations by prosecutors. Check out Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky's article, New Orleans Prosecutorial Disclosure in Practice after Connick v. Thompson in the Georgetown Journal…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Ninth Circuit Affirms Default Judgment as Discovery Sanction in Certified Class Action
The entry of default judgment as a discovery sanction is severe, and rare. But the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s order striking a defendant’s answer and proceeding to…
Legal Profession Blog
Discovery Violations, Disparaging Remarks, Draw Suspension
The Washington State Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for 18 months based on findings in connection with representing his wife (a chiropractor) in litigation against a departed employee:[The attorney] seeks…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Pleadings From the Eaton v. Frisby Litigation Shed More Light on Eaton Hiring Ed Peters to Influence Judge DeLaughter
Here are some of the orders and pleadings from the Eaton v. Frisby litigation. I don't currently have time to write about all of them, but they are interesting. Government's Response to Motion…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Monetary Sanctions Imposed on Counsel and Client for Discovery Violations
Co-authored by Elizabeth D. Langdale The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington imposed monetary sanctions on plaintiff Play Visions, Inc. and its counsel for failure to search…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Alaska Discovery Problems – The Latest
By Ellen Podgor
This blog previously looked at the Kott and Kohring cases coming from Alaska (see here). Both cases were connected to the Ted Stevens case, a case that DOJ eventually chose to…
Legal Profession Blog
Censure For Discovery Violation
The Wyoming Supreme Court has imposed a public censure of an attorney for misconduct in an answer provided in discovery.The attorney was retained to defend a civil case. The client…