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Discovery
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Drug & Device Law
Spoliation Is A Two-Way Street, Or Should Be
We are careful when discussing discovery sanctions, particularly spoliation, for a simple reason. The companies we represent that make medical products tend to have allegations about failing to produce discoverable…
All About eDiscovery
Just When You Thought You Understood ESI…
Riddle me this: Is a document that resides on your network and which you embed in an email via a hyperlink the functional equivalent of an attachment to that email?…
Presnell on Privileges
Authorized Piggybacking: Mass.’s Top Court Allows AG a Partial Review of Facebook’s Internal Investigation
Whatever one thinks of the purpose of discovery, Justice Robert Jackson long ago reminded us that “discovery was hardly intended to enable a learned profession to perform its functions either…
Family
What should I ask for in a divorce discovery?
By Miles Mason
What documents to request during the divorce discovery process? What happens in the discovery phase of a divorce? The Role of Discovery in Divorce Proceedings. Financial discovery divorce. Thank you…
Subject to Inquiry
Courts Adopt Varying Approaches to Implementing Due Process Protections Act
By V. Kathleen Dougherty, Michael F. Easley, Jr.
In a December 2020 article, we highlighted in this blog the amendment of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 5(f) in the new Due Process Protections Act (“DPPA” or “the Act”).…
Product Perspective: Complex Tort & Product Law
SB 224 Adopted: Missouri Discovery Rules Follow Federal Footsteps
By Tanner Cook, Michael Hopkins, Tim Larkin
In 2019, the Missouri legislature passed Senate Bill 224 (SB 224), effectively revising Missouri’s discovery rules to align them with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (See our 2019 post…
PrawfsBlawg
Civ Pro: No Coke, Pepsi
Main Thursday, March 18, 2021Civ Pro: No Coke, PepsiTwo fun things in recent Civ Pro classes.First, I taught Scott v. Harris today. For the first time, not one student took…
New York Commercial Division Practice
NY Practice Tip: Protecting Your Client Against an Improper Notice to Admit
The CPLR 3123 notice to admit can be a useful device in litigation. Its primary purpose is to expedite a trial by eliminating the necessity of proving a "readily admittable…
La Revue
Les mesures d’instruction in futurum à l’épreuve des règles de compétence dans l’Union européenne
Par un arrêt du 27 janvier 2021[1], la Cour de cassation a autorisé le juge français à ordonner une mesure d’instruction in futurum, sur le fondement de l’article 35 du…
Global Dispute Resolution Insights
Uncertainty Continues Over Whether Federal Courts Can Order Discovery in Aid of International Arbitrations
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Sarah B. Biser, Craig R. Tractenberg
As we have discussed in previous posts, federal appeals courts in the United States are split over whether a private international arbitration constitutes a “foreign or international tribunal” within the…