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Discovery
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Drug & Device Law
Court Says No Way To Medical Device Plant Inspection
We came across something the other day that we don’t see very often, or really ever. The plaintiff in a medical device case served a request to inspect the two…
Family Law Headquarters
Why Discovery Is Important in Family Law Matters
Divorce and family law matters involve civil litigation in the family court. However, many are unsure what the purpose of... The post Why Discovery Is Important in Family Law Matters…
Chicago Business Attorney Blog
If the Alex Jones Text Fiasco was in Illinois?
Texts can be held against you in court. Alex Jones lawyers (perhaps inadvertently) turned 2-years of texts to the lawyers for the Sandy Hook families. What would be the repercussions…
On Point
Defendant’s rights to discovery, confrontation not violated
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
State v. Kevin Lee Wilke, 2020AP1068-CR, District 3, 8/2/22 (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity (including briefs) The court of appeals rejects Wilke’s arguments for a new trial and…
The Faculty Lounge
Alex Jones’s Well-Deserved Reckoning
My new essay at The Hill explains the details of Alex Jones’s recent comeuppance in a Texas trial court, when two years of his cell phone texts and other records…
Georgia Business Law Blog
Court of Appeals Discusses Applicability of O.C.G.A. §§ 9-11-37 (a)(4) and (b)(2) to Non-Parties
The Court of Appeals clarified that O.C.G.A. § 9-11-37 (a) (4), which authorizes an award of attorney’s fees in connection with a motion...
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Alex Jones Lies on the Stand
So, Alex Jones finally took the stand in the defamation case against him. I have written about that ongoing trial here and here. Perhaps, it is not surprising that he…
Drug & Device Law
Severing Cases Sua Sponte
We have a case going on where the plaintiff wants to preclude the use of a term found in his medical records to describe something that happened to him in…
eDiscovery Bytes
#CaseoftheWeek Episode 72: Production of Text Messages from Personal Mobile Devices
Episode 72 is a longer analysis than usual with us discussing the decision made by United States Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer. The case for this episode is In re Pork…
Global Dispute Resolution Insights
The Supreme Court Slams the Door on the Use of Federal Courts to Obtain Discovery in Aid of Foreign and International Arbitrations Before Private, Non-Governmental Adjudicatory Bodies
By Sarah B. Biser, Craig R. Tractenberg
The United States Supreme Court this week resolved an important issue regarding international arbitrations by ruling that, contrary to what at least two appellate courts had previously ruled, a U.S.…