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Discovery
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Inside Government Contracts
CBCA Recognizes that Discovery May Uncover New Claims
In Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. v. Department of the Interior, CBCA 5168 et al. (Feb. 27, 2019), the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (“CBCA” or “Board”) recently…
California Workplace Law Blog
Fishing for a Lawsuit: Tips and Tricks for Personnel Files and Pre-Litigation Records Requests
If you have ever received a pre-litigation records request, then you may already know that such a request tends to be a harbinger of a lawsuit on the horizon. Plaintiff’s…
Tort Talk
Additional Cases for Facebook Discovery Scorecard
I was recently made aware of the below older Facebook Discovery/Admissibility casesThese cases have been added to the Facebook Discovery Scorecard on the Tort Talk Blog and which can always be freely…
GreenLight Discovery
eDiscovery Sanctions: Don’t Lose the War For Lack of a Nail
By Aaron Taylor
Most everyone is probably familiar with the proverb about the loss of a kingdom due to lack of a horseshoe nail:“For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For…
Chicago IP Litigation
Pre-Rule 26(f) Conference Discovery Allowed & Limited by Court Order
Life After Hate, Inc. a/k/a ExitUSA v. Free Radicals Project, Inc., No. 18 C 6967, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 10, 2019) (Cole, Mag. J.). Magistrate Judge Cole granted plaintiff’s…
Simple Justice
Sexism Infects NY Discovery Reform
The status quo is horrible, even if exaggerated to make the point. New York laws on pretrial process are among the most retrograde in the nation. Prosecutors can withhold evidence…
Resolving Discovery Disputes
Opposing Counsel is Blowing Smoke
A plaintiff counsel writes in asking for advice: “Today is July 7th. Trial is July 31. Discovery cut-off was July 1 and expert discovery closes on July 16th. Well, my…
Tort Talk
ARTICLE: The Latest on the Discoverability and Admissibility of Social Media Evidence
The below article of mine was recently published in the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and is republished here with permission. This article was also previously published in Counterpoint, the newsletter of…
Chicago IP Litigation
Document Requests Must be Proportional to the Needs of the Case
Lawson Prods., Inc. v. Midwest Motor Supply Co. d/b/a Kimball Midwest, No. 17 C 1250, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill Nov., 27, 2018) (Gilbert, Mag. J.). Magistrate Judge Gilbert denied the…
Tort Talk
Judge Nealon of Lackawanna County Reaffirms Rule that Fishing Expeditions Are Not Permitted in Discovery
In the case of The Pennsylvania Trust Co. v. Wilkes-Barre Hospital Company, LLC, No. 17-CV-465 (C.P. Lacka. Co. Jan. 3, 2019 Nealon, J.), Judge Terrence R. Nealon of the Lackawanna…