Topic
Discovery
1,110 published works
California Employment Law Update
Terminating Sanctions Upheld Against Employee Who Failed To Respond To Discovery Requests
By Tony Oncidi
Parker v. Wolters Kluwer U.S., Inc., 2007 WL 969436 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007) Leonard O. Parker sued his former employer (WKUS) and three of its employees for various employment-related torts…
Illinois Legal Malpractice Blog
When Legal Startegy & Ethics Conflict
Yesterday, Carolyn Elefant had an interesting posting entitled: "Who's More Ethical: the Lawyer With the Client Who Lied or the Lawyer Who Withheld Evidence of the Lie?". The post centers…
TortsProf Blog
Discovery into Research
My Nebraska Law Review piece (which should be out any day now, honest) addresses discovery into peer review, exploring a case related to vinyl chloride litigation. There's been another recent…
Chicago IP Litigation
Failure to Disclose Witnesses in Rule 26 Statements Did Not Warrant Exclusion
Se-Kure Controls, Inc. v. Vanguard Prods. Group, Inc., No. 02 C 3767, 2007 WL 781253 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 7, 2007) (Cole, Mag. J.). Judge Cole denied plaintiff's motion to exclude…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Federal-court discovery and international tribunals
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
An interesting case from the 11th Circuit in an area I don't encounter often. After the defendant failed to satisfy a judgment secured by NoName corporation in a Panamanian court,…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Perelman’s $1.57 Billion Verdict against Morgan Stanley is Tossed
A Florida state appellate court threw out Ron Perelman's $1.57 billion verdict against Morgan Stanley. You will recall that Perelman sued the securities firm alleging it had misled him when…
TortsProf Blog
Hilden on Zyprexa
Julie Hilden has posted a Writ column on the Zyprexa document leak. She comes out essentially where I do on the propriety of the conduct of the parties involved --…
Chicago IP Litigation
Defendants’ Patent Licenses In Different Technology But Same Field Are Discoverable
Trading Techs. Int'l., Inc. v. eSpeed, Inc., No 04 C 5312, 2007 WL 704525 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 1, 2007) (Moran, Sen. J.).Judge Moran granted plaintiff Trading Technologies' ("TT") motion to compel…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
The Duke Wrongful Prosecution Case and the Importance of Criminal Discovery
KC Johnson, author of the blog Durham-in-Wonderland, discusses prosecutor Mike Nifong’s inconsistent statements…first in a public hearing with a judge, then in a letter to the State Bar. At issue,…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Jencks Act Statements & Libby Trial
By Ellen Podgor
The TalkLeft Blog discusses whether Libby's attorneys have all statements by Karl Rove, noting that:"Fitz has taken the position since day 1 that he's not obligated to turn over statements…