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Discovery
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The Appellate Strategist
Florida Supreme Court Poised Again to Clarify the Scope of the Discovery of Records of Adverse Medical Incidents
The Florida Supreme Court has accepted review of the Third District’s decision in Ampuero-Martinez v. Cedars Healthcare Group, 88 So. 3d 190 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), (Case Nos. SC11-2208 and…
Virginia Family Law Journal
Charlottesville Divorce Lawyer Rob Hagy: Battered Wife Entitled To Evidentiary Hearing Before Court Could Strike Her Pleadings.
By Rob Hagy
In the case of Tobinv. Tobin, the Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District ruled that an allegedly battered spouse was entitled to an evidentiary hearing before her pleadings were…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Contractual and Extra-Contractual Discovery Overlap: Dynamite Discovery Decisions, Part 15
This blog is shortly and sweetly aimed at making sure policyholder advocates do not lose sight of the contractual discovery forest for the “extra-contractual discovery” trees. The substance of this…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Shattering the One-Way Mirror: Discovery in Immigration Court by Geoffrey Heeren
Shattering the One-Way Mirror: Discovery in Immigration Courtby Geoffrey Heeren, Valparaiso University Law School September 22, 2013 Brooklyn Law Review , Vol. 79, No. 4, 2014 Forthcoming Abstract: There is…
Drug & Device Law
Marketing Omission Fishing Expedition
It is common to characterize an opponent’s discovery request as a “fishing expedition.” Of course, all discovery seeks something it may not find—much like our own experience with actual fishing for, you know, fish.…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Louisiana District Court Knocks Claimant Immigration Status Out Of The Discovery Ring
By Laura J. Maechtlen and Brian Wong As the EEOC trains its focus on systemic enforcement actions, discovery battles over probative claimant information will continue to grow in importance proportionally with the claimant…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Deposing Insurer CEOs: Dynamite Discovery Decisions, Part 13
In Paskoff v. Avatar Property & Casualty Insurance Company,1 a matter handled by my Merlin Law Group colleague, Shaun Marker, Avatar’s CEO visited the insured property and conversed with Ms. Paskoff…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Public Domain, Reinsurance, and Personnel: Dynamite Discovery Decisions, Part 12
Insurers often object to providing discovery that is purportedly available in the public domain. This objection is legally untenable. In Simon v. ProNational Insurance Company,1 the United States Southern District…
Sentencing Law and Policy
ABA Death Penalty Review Project releases its assessment for VIrginia
Main September 5, 2013ABA Death Penalty Review Project releases its assessment for VIrginia As reported in this Richmond Times-Dispatch article, headlined "Study urges fairness reforms in death penalty cases," a…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Discovery and Lance Armstrong
Jim Vertuno (AP) covers a recent order by a Texas state court judge compelling Lance Armstrong to respond to discovery requests. Here are some excerpts from the report, Judge Orders…