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Discovery
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Resolving Discovery Disputes
All Answers Remain the Same
DILEMMA: It is 30 days before trial and you get the final responses to your propounded discovery. In reviewing responding party’s answers to supplemental interrogatories the verified response says “Responding…
Class Action Countermeasures
Fighting Fishing Expeditions, Part III: The Cost-Sharing Order
By The Editors
The facts underlying the allegations in Boeynaems v. L.A. Fitness Int'l, LLC, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115272 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 16, 2012) are hardly remarkable. The plaintiffs allege that they…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Discovery Sanctions Order in Apple Patent Litigation
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis of the Eastern District of Texas imposed sanctions last week on Apple for halting a deposition of one of its employees, Mr. Allié, in a…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Business Court Rules On Multiple Discovery Issues, Including: Validity Of Subpoena, Deposing Opposing Counsel, And Need For A Motion For A Protective Order
There haven't been a lot of opinions from the Business Court on Motions to Compel, but yesterday there were two, both from Judge Murphy. In the first, Blue Ridge Pediatric…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Judge Sanctions Greenberg Traurig and TD Bank for Discovery Abuses
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The ABA Journal online reports:Saying that a well-known law firm and its client bank had often handled a major case "in an Inspector Clouseau-like fashion,” a federal judge in Miami…
The Trademark Blog
Another Episode of Anti-counterfeiting Radio Theatre
Me (voiceover): The following is a conflation of real events, dramatized for anecdotal value. FX (sound effects): Fog Horn. Footsteps on pavement. Me (voiceover): Through discovery, I had obtained the…
New York Business Divorce
Obtaining Discovery of the Company Lawyer in Business Divorce Cases: Privileged or Not?
This week's New York Business Divorce features an interesting decision by Justice Stephen Bucaria addressing the attorney-client privilege concerning company counsel in a dispute between membership factions of an LLC.…
Drug & Device Law
N.D. Illinois Shuts Down Plaintiff Expert Shell Game
Pardon the spasm of self-pity, but throughout our legal career we have always felt as if we were on the side that faced higher standards. Not that we're complaining ……
SDNY Blog
Judge McMahon: Late Documents Can Extend Schedule or Preclude Evidence, But Not Both
A litigant complained to Judge McMahon that it received documents from another party long past the discovery cut-off, and sought (1) an extension of the summary judgment schedule and (2)…
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
When to Fight for Your Right to Privacy: Part 3 What to do and when to do it!
Part 3: What to do and when to do it. (See part one and part two.) So your private information is being sought, what are you going to do to…