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Mass Tort Litigation Blog
LSU Symposium on Multidistrict Litigation
By joetort
Louisiana Law Review is hosting a symposium on Multidistrict Litigation this Friday, March 7, 2014, that focuses on remand and may be of interest to our readers. The title of…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Proving and Winning a First Party Bad Faith Case in Colorado, Part 3 – The Nuts and Bolts of Discovery
In this part of my series on Proving and Winning a First Party Bad Faith Case in Colorado, I am going to disclose the Request for Production of Documents I…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Unprecedented Number of Public Comments on Proposed FRCP Changes
Tony Mauro at the National Law Journal has an article this morning entitled Lawyers Spar Over Discovery Rules. He reports, "More than 2,200 lawyers and others took the time in…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Coleman on the Proposed Amendments to the FRCP Discovery Rules
Over on the ACS blog is a post by Prof. Brooke Coleman (Seattle) entitled The Real Cost of Litigation Reform: Justice, Not Discovery Costs, Are at Stake, which discusses the…
The Appellate Strategist
Florida Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of Discovery of Records of Adverse Medical Incidents and Reaffirms Buster
On January 30, 2014, the Florida Supreme Court concluded its review of Cedars Healthcare Group, Ltd. v. Ampuero-Martinez, 88 So. 3d 190 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), (Case Nos. SC11-2208 and…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Joint Comment on the Proposed FRCP Amendments
This week, some colleagues and I submitted a joint comment opposing the recently proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Our letter addresses the proposals regarding the scope…
SDNY Blog
Judge Scheindlin Opposes Proposed Proportionality Limit on Scope of Discovery
In a comment letter last month to proposed changes to the Federal Rules, Judge Scheindlin (among other points) disagreed with a proposed rule change that would require any discovery sought…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Limiting Litigation Costs – Don’t Overlook Your Legal Counsel’s Contribution to the Problem
By Jason Shinn
Michigan business attorney and controlling litigation costs.
GlobalTort
Judge Blows Out Plaintiff’s Secrecy Claims for Asbestos Trust Claims
By Kirk Hartley
After in camera review, a Rhode Island judge rejected work product and confidentiality arguments asserted by Early Lucarelli et. al. in order to try to avoid producing claim forms submitted to…
Patents Post-Grant
Lack of PTAB Discovery to Shift Privity Question to District Courts
Evidence of Petitioner Control Critical for PTAB Privity FindingUnder 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) a petitioner, real party-in-interest, or privy of the petitioner must seek Inter Partes Review (IPR) within 12…