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Discovery
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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Podcasts of Advisory Committee Proceedings Regarding Proposed Changes to Rules 26 and 56
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The Advisory Committee is recommending changes to Rule 26 (Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery) and 56 (Summary Judgment). They summarize their proposed changes in this brochure requesting comment.…
InsureReinsure
Insurer’s Conduct And Communications At Mediation Are Discoverable In Subsequent Bad Faith Litigation
A Washington district court recently held that an insurer’s conduct and communications during a mediation were discoverable in a subsequent bad faith lawsuit brought against the insurer by another insurer…
Cleveland Law Library Weblog
Cuyahoga County Judges Adopt Open Discovery Rules Prosecutor Plans to Appeal
Last week, the Plain Dealer reported that the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judges voted to amend the rules governing criminal prosecutions. In 90 days, Rule 23.1 will require prosecutors…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Discovery and Social Networking Sites
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Over at Law.com, Ronald J. Levine and Susan L. Swatski-Lebson discuss the current trend of court decisions regarding the discoverability and admissibility of information available on social networking sites. Read…
Reverse & Render
Party Ordered to Sign Medical Records Authorization
By Byron Henry
The Amarillo Court of Appeals recently held that a party may be ordered to sign a medical records authorization in response to a request for disclosure pursuant to TRCP 194.2. The defendant…
Business and Commercial
Law Firms’ Economic Model Causes Unnecessary Discovery
By Patrick Lamb
Discovery. The great black hole. The Interim Report on the Joint Project of The American College Of Trial Lawyers Task Force On Discovery and The Institute For The Advancement Of…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Stays Discovery Pending Dispositive Motion
Ford Motor Company v. Drive America Holdings, Inc., 2008 Del. Ch., LEXIS 146 (Oct. 8, 2008), read opinion here. This Chancery Court decision applies the usual factors to conclude that discovery…
Legal Profession Blog
Never Again
An associate of a Georgia law firm with three years experience was "assigned to conduct discovery for a products liability case, despite having very little experience in the area." He…
Legal Profession Blog
Contempt For Pursuing Discovery
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a contempt citation against an attorney who had filed suit on behalf of a client suing the Chancellor and President of the University of Arkansas…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Limited Discovery Allowed For Objectors to Class Action Settlement
In the Chancery Court case of In re Countrywide Corp. S'hldrs Litig., 2008 WL 4173839 (Del. Ch., Sept. 10, 2008), the objectors to a proposed class action settlement were allowed limited…