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Discovery
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Discovery and Darkness: The Information Deficit in Criminal Law”
Main May 11, 2013"Discovery and Darkness: The Information Deficit in Criminal Law" The title of this post is the title of this notable new article by Ion Meyn now available…
Class Actions Insider
Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Potential Impact on Class Actions
A recent article in Corporate Counsel and an EpsteinBeckerGreen client alert report that the federal courts’ Advisory Committee on Civil Rules has voted to recommend a slate of amendments to…
Nashville Criminal Law Report
What You Don’t Get In General Sessions Court ?
By Rob McKinney
Someone asked me today to get some documents so we could review a case.The problem is under Tennessee law, you are not entitled to anything to discover what evidence the State…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
Staying Discovery Pending a Dispositive Motion to Dismiss
Although discovery is part and parcel of litigation, it is universally regarded as expensive and burdensome, and (sometimes) ripe for sharp practices. One area where the legitimate fact-finding purpose of…
Patents Post-Grant
NPEs Unwittingly Invite Lopsided Battles at PTAB
Stay Calculus to Encourage Multi-Defendant AttacksAs the new patentability trials of the America Invents Act (AIA) have only been available for 7 months their impact is only now beginning to…
Employment Law Business Guide
New Hampshire Federal Court Issues Ruling on Discovery of Internal Investigation File
The United States District Court decision issued on February 22, 2013, Walker v. N.H. Administrative Office of the Court (“AOC”), in which it ruled on what portions of an employer’s…
Chicago IP Litigation
Motion to Add Counterclaim Granted Where Schedule has Ample Time for Discovery
CIVIX-DDI, LLC v. Loopnet, Inc., No. 12 C4968, 7091 & 8632, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Feb. 6, 2013) (Holderman, C.J.). Chief Judge Holderman granted defendant Loopnet’s Fed. R. Civ. P.…
Delaware Patent Litigation Report
Stay of discovery granted pending resolution of motion to strike expert report
Avanir Pharmacueticals, Inc. et al. v. Actavis South Atlantic LLC. et al., C.A. No. 11-704 -LPS, March 19, 2013 Stark, J. Plaintiffs’ emergency motion to stay the date of service…
NJ Family Legal Blog
The Discovery Dance
Some times, the most basic part of the case, discovery, can often be the most frustrating part. In most cases, some amount of discovery is needed to do the due…
Patents Post-Grant
CAFC Denies Discovery in Inter Partes Patent Reexamination Dispute
AIA Cited by CAFC as Remedying Known Patent Reexamination DeficiencyAs predicted based upon the earlier oral argument, the Federal Circuit closed the door on the potential for discovery in inter partes…