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Discovery
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Chicago IP Litigation
Parties Must File Motions Promptly
Judge Hart granted in part defendants motion to enforce the Court's order and denied plaintiff's motion to compel discovery. The Court previously ruled upon the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment,…
TortsProf Blog
Expanding Information About Experts
Interesting new piece (out now in the Nebraska Law Review) available on SSRN. In it, Stephen Easton (Missouri-Columbia) argues for broader information to be shared with juries about experts --…
Chicago IP Litigation
Delayed Filing Leads to Half-Baked Motion to Compel
Fast Food Gourmet, Inc. v. Little Lady Foods, Inc., No. 05 C 6022, 2007 WL 1673563 (N.D. Ill. Jun. 8, 2007) (Cole, J.). Judge Cole denied plaintiff Fast Food Gourmet,…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Insurance policies, and insurance limits, must be disclosed in the discovery process in British Columbia.
Effective July 1, 2007. British Columbia has amended the Rules of Court to require parties to disclose the existence and contents of any insurance policy which provides indemnity for a…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
$ 1.25 Million Sanction in World Trade Center Case
Mark Hamblett of the NYLJ reports: "Failure to disclose a key document on insurance coverage for the Port Authority at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the Sept. 11…
InsureReinsure
Florida Appellate Court Holds That Injured Party Suing Tortfeasor’s Insurer for Bad Faith is Not Entitled to Privileged Communications Between Insured, Insurer, and their Joint or Separate Counsel
A Florida appellate court recently swam against a tide of decisions that have eroded the attorney-client privilege in bad faith litigation.
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
MySpace, Facebook private posts discoverable in law suit?
A defense lawyer in a emotional distress claim brougt against a school district wanted access to all of the plaintiff's postings at MySpace and FaceBook. However, a judge ruled that…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
CPLR 205 in Theory and Practice
Dismissal under CPLR 3216, for a failure to provide discovery, or to follow a court order of discovery has been generally thought to preclude the use of CPLR 205. CPLR…
Chicago IP Litigation
Third Parties’ Communications With Other Third Parties Are Not Relevant
Trading Techs. Int'l., Inc. v. eSpeed, Inc., No. 04 C 5312, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 17, 2007) (Moran, Sen. J.). Judge Moran denied plaintiff Trading Technologies' ("TT") motion to…
Chicago IP Litigation
Assignment Agreement Obligates Assignee to Require Former Inventor to be Deposed
Murata Mfg., Ltd. v. Bel Fuse, Inc., __ F.R.D. __, 2007 WL 1317100 (N.D. Ill. May 2, 2007) (Cole, Mag. J.). Judge Cole granted in part defendants' motion to compel…