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Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Zyprexa Hearing Transcript
By joetort
Torts Prof has highlights from the hearing on the disclosure of the Zyprexa documents.HME
The Contingency
Downstream Discovery? Magistrate Judge Says No
Magistrate Judge V. Sue Shields yesterday declined to order plaintiffs to provide discovery regarding their "downstream" sales of ready-mix concrete. The plaintiffs in the case, In re Ready-Mixed Concrete Price-Fixing…
Rush on Business
Client Intake: Don’t Get Burned By MySpace
By Rush Nigut
If you are a lawyer representing an individual you better start asking your clients whether they have a MySpace, Facebook, or other social networking Web site. A lawyer I know…
TortsProf Blog
Updated: Zyprexa Documents Update
James Gottstein, the Alaska lawyer at the center of the Zyprexa documents issue (short version: he subpoenaed the documents from a friendly expert David Egilman, possibly without proper attention to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sixth Circuit rejects discovery for selective prosecution claim
Main December 27, 2006Sixth Circuit rejects discovery for selective prosecution claimThough not quite a sentencing issue, the Sixth Circuit's ruling today in US v. Thorpe, No. 05-2220 (6th Cir. Dec.…
TortsProf Blog
Discovery: The Game!
I can't explore it in detail (on my way out to see The Hold Steady, and yes, they will rock, I'm quite sure) (update: I was right), but I just…
New Jersey Law Blog
Counsel’s Selection and Compilation of Discoverable Documents Should Be Protected Under the Work Product Doctrine
The Federal Courts have protected compilations under what has been termed the "selection and compilation" theory of the work product doctrine. Federal Courts have held that, in cases that involve…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Discovery of Reserves and Other Repetitive Events
Here is a nice post on whether claim reserves are discoverable in insurance coverage or bad faith litigation, with some case law on the topic as well. The discovery of…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
DC Circuit Says Jefferson Can Review Documents
By Ellen Podgor
According to the Washington Post here, Rep. William Jefferson is entitled to review items seized by the government prior to the government obtaining the documents. Jefferson will be given the…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Arnold v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co. [2006] N.J. No. 211, Newfoundland Supreme Court
A primary insurer does not have to provide it’s certificate of insurance to a secondary insurer until a condition precedent for payment of funds under the secondary coverage has occurred.…