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Discovery
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Corporate & Securities Law Blog
Delaware Court of Chancery Strictly Construes Right to Discovery of Stockholders Represented By a Contractually Created “Shareholder Representative”
By Alejandro Moreno, John Stigi
Merger agreements involving acquisitions of private companies often contain terms creating post-merger obligations or “earnouts” in favor of certain classes of selling stockholders. To address potential claims that may arise…
Trade Secrets Trends
Improving Trade Secret Identification Procedures: Sedona Conference Publishes Proposals for Comment
By Robert B. Kornweiss, Mark A. Klapow
One of the more challenging questions in many complex trade secret cases is: When should a plaintiff be required to identify its alleged trade secrets, and with what level of…
Drug & Device Law
Another Court Says No to Cloned Discovery
Just a few months ago we blogged about cloned discovery pointing out that in a world of already asymmetrical discovery burdens on defendants, allowing plaintiffs to magnify that discrepancy by…
Zachar Law Blog
Depositions, Arbitrations, and Mediations: How are they relevant to a personal injury claim?
By Chris Zachar
I keep hearing about depositions, arbitrations, and mediations? What exactly are those and how are they relevant to my personal injury claim? Once you file your case in Court, you…
Your ERISA Watch
Courts Find Discovery of Independent Physician Consultants’ Financial Conflict Permissible in Absence of Structural Conflict
Good morning, ERISA Watchers! There were no notable circuit court decisions from this past week, so exercising some editorial discretion, this week’s notable decision is a firm victory in a…
Tort Talk
Judge Minora of Lackawanna County Addresses Several Notable Discovery Issues Including Permissible Scope of Vocational Assessment
In the case of Barbarevech v. Tomlinson, No. 18-CV-4821 (C.P. Lacka. Co. Nov. 14, 2019 Minora, J.), Senior Judge Carmen D. Minora of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas…
Consumer Class Defense Blog
Sixth Circuit Grants Writ Of Mandamus To Strike Belated Claims In Nationwide Opiate Litigation
Seyfarth Synopsis: In the latest development in the ultra-high stakes nationwide Prescription Opiate Litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted the petition for writ of mandamus…
Legal Profession Blog
Candid In Camera
A district committee of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board accepted an agreed disposition and imposed a public reprimand without terms in connection with an attorney's conduct in a criminal…
Litigation Finance Insights
Another Federal Court Decision Finds Funding Documents Irrelevant to Case Merits
By Kate Boyd
By now, the emerging consensus among courts is clear: Defendants generally may not obtain discovery of a plaintiff’s litigation funding arrangements. Many lawyers and litigants are familiar with the argument…
Chicago IP Litigation
Motion to Produce US Discovery in a Foreign Case Must be Filed as a Separate Action
Republic Techs. (NA), LLC v. BBK Tobacco & Foods LLP d/b/a HBI Int’l., No. 16 C 3401, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 14, 2020) (Harjani, Mag. J.) Magistrate Judge Harjani…