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JOTWELL: Effron on Zambrano on discovery as regulation
Main Monday, March 09, 2020JOTWELL: Effron on Zambrano on discovery as regulationThe new Courts Law essay comes from Robin Effron (Brooklyn), reviewing Diego Zambrano, Discovery as Regulation (Mich. L. Rev.,…
Simple Justice
District Attorneys To Defenders: There’s An App For That
It’s not at all surprising that some district attorneys’ offices in New York City have found a way around the law, and that their solution is to use an outside…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Company Required to Produce Books and Bank Accounts for Third-Party Monitor During Litigation
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
After several former employees stole and destroyed internal data from their employer in order to found a competing business, and were sued, the trial court’s appointing of a third party…
Hanzo Blog
News from The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 Annual Meeting
By Brad Harris
This past week, I had the privilege of participating in The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 (WG6) Annual Meeting in New York as a dialogue leader. For those that have…
Simple Justice
Seaton: The Dog Ate The Discovery
Prefatory Note: Something is rotten in Mud Lick. The following is correspondence obtained through my contact, “Sticky Weeks,” and may be potentially damning for the Driftwood County Attorney’s office—CLS August…
Simple Justice
Brooklyn Flight: Why Are ADAs Quitting?
The new discovery rules requiring prosecutors to turn over an expanded array of discovery within 15 days of arraignment, with an additional month for the asking, are now the law. Whether it’s…
Carpe Datum Law
Second Circuit Weighs in on the Extraterritorial Application of 28 U.S.C. § 1782
At the end of 2019, the Second Circuit finally weighed in on an issue that has divided federal courts considering applications for discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782, through…
Drug & Device Law
Ninth Circuit Prohibits Plaintiff’s Bootstrap Class Action Discovery
By Bexis
Mandamus appeals are difficult to win. That’s one reason that we were intrigued to read In re Williams-Sonoma, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, 2020 WL 131360 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2020). …
Labor & Employment Law Blog
The Cost and Burden of Discovery for California Employers Will Likely Increase in 2020
By Adam Rosenthal, Robert Foster
A new change to California’s Civil Discovery Act has all of the trappings of a burdensome and costly requirement for employer defendants litigating in California state court. In addition to…
E-Discovery
Tennessee Changes Rule about Objections to Interrogatories and Kills “General Objections” Once and for All
By K.O. Herston
On January 16, 2020, the Tennessee Supreme Court amended Rule 33, which governs interrogatories.Effective July 1, 2020, Rule 33.01 will require answers to interrogatories to beanswered separately and fully in…