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JOTWELL: Tidmarsh on Fitzpatrick and Norris on discovery costs
Main Monday, December 19, 2016JOTWELL: Tidmarsh on Fitzpatrick and Norris on discovery costsThe new Courts Law essay comes from Jay Tidmarsh (Notre Dame), reviewing Brian T. Fitzpatrick and Cameron T.…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Tidmarsh on Fitzpatrick & Norris on Discovery Costs and Fee Shifting
Now on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Jay Tidmarsh’s essay, Discovery Costs and Default Rules. Jay reviews a recent paper by Brian Fitzpatrick and Cameron Norris, One-Way Fee…
Chicago IP Litigation
Discovery Mooted by Potential Summary Judgment Decision
NuCap Indus., Inc. v. Robert Bosch LLC, NO. 15 C 2207, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 19, 2016) (Gottschall, J.). Judge Gottschall overruled plaintiff NuCap’s objections to Magistrate Judge Kim’s…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: Order Compelling Production of Documents Allegedly Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege is a Final Appealable Order. Darlene Burnham v. Cleveland Clinic, et al.
Update: read what happened on remand in this case here. On December 7, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Burnham v. Cleveland Clinic, Slip Opinion 2016-Ohio-8000.…
Drug & Device Law
Plaintiffs Learn Supplementing Isn’t a Second Bite at the Apple
People supplement a lot of things. You can supplement your diet with a multivitamin. You can supplement your income with a part-time side job. On the DDL Blog, we are…
Pennsylvania Family Law
Interlocutory Appeals Of Discovery Orders; Curse Of The Privilege
If you are a lay reader cruising the net for information about how to handle your divorce, return to your search engine now in pursuit of more fertile material. Interlocutory…
In Solvency
Multi-Case Asbestos Order Provides for Discovery of 2019 Information
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
On November 8, 2016, Judge Kevin Gross of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court issued an opinion (the "Opinion") that affects nine different bankruptcy cases. The Opinion was issued in response to…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Insurer’s Withheld Discovery Must be Produced in Bad Faith Case
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington granted the insureds' motion to compel and ordered that the insurer produce withheld discovery. Bagley v. Travelers Home &…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Fitzpatrick & Norris on Discovery Costs and Post-Summary Judgment Fee-Shifting
Brian Fitzpatrick and Cameron Norris have posted on SSRN a draft of their article, One-Way Fee Shifting after Summary Judgment. Here’s the abstract:New, defendant-friendly discovery amendments to the Federal Rules…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Electronically Stored Information Inspected for Evidence in Will Contest
Recently, during discovery in a will contest, a New York Surrogate court forced the drafting attorney of a will to fork over his computer. In In re Nunz, the court…