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Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Illinois Supreme Court to Decide Limits of Discovery Rule in Defamation Claims in the Age of the Internet
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
The longstanding one-year statute of limitations for defamation actions in Illinois could be on its way out. The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the question of…
eDiscovery Bytes
#CaseoftheWeek Episode 13: Understanding Sanctions under FRCP 26 and 37
This week’s case covers Part II of the DR Distributors v. 21 Century Smoking decision from District Judge Iain Johnston in the Northern District of Illinois. Last week, in Part I,…
Product Liability Advocate
New Rules Bring Big Changes to New York Practice
By Russ Vignali
Acting within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic’s unique opportunity for permanent reform, the Administrative Board of Courts in New York, through the state’s Chief Administrative Judge Larry Marks and…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Here’s a Proposed Protocol to Reform the Process of Privilege Logs: eDiscovery Best Practices
By Doug Austin
The process of creating privilege logs is cumbersome and complex, especially when you have a large number of documents designated as privileged. However, you might be surprised to learn that…
Expert Institute Insights
Court Says CCPA Cannot Interfere with Discovery Process
A magistrate judge in the Central District of California recently handed down a blockbuster precedent in the product liability case, Kaupelis v. Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. The decision concerns…
Privacy World
CPW Week in Review
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
In case you missed it, below is a summary of recent posts from CPW. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in additional information on any of…
Privacy World
Court Rejects CCPA As Basis for Limiting Scope of Discovery in Litigation
The California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) went into effect on January 1, 2020. CPW has covered some of the privacy litigations involving the CCPA (and the first CCPA class…
Resolving Discovery Disputes
Nail Down Whether the Documents You are Seeking ever Existed and Where They are Now
Assume you receive the following response to your Requests for Production of Documents: Responding party hereby incorporates its general objections as if fully stated herein. Responding party objects to this…
Privacy World
3 Ways To Shield Cyber Reports After Clark Hill Breach Ruling
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
Last week, a federal court held that a forensic report prepared in the wake of a data breach at a law firm was not protected by the work product privilege…
Drug & Device Law
Defensive Personal Jurisdiction Discovery – Why Not?
Sometimes it can be easy to believe that a random thought can conjure a real-life response. Such as when you imagine yourself taking a vacation to someplace warm and tropical…