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Discovery
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Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Sharing Evidence In Illinois Workers’ Compensation Cases
By Mike Helfand
A reader asks: My work comp benefits were just cut off. The insurance company says they have surveillance video of me playing football. It’s not true! Don’t they have to…
Discovery Advocate
Preservation and Cost Shifting: Recent New York Appeals Court Opinions Clarify State Discovery Rules
The New York state Appeals Court has been active in the e-discovery space over the past few months. In Voom HD Holdings LLC v. EchoStar Satellite LLC the court discusses…
SDNY Blog
Judge Rakoff: Civil Cases Have Too Much Discovery, Criminal Cases Too Little
In a transcript made public today from an SEC case, Judge Rakoff offered the following observations about discovery in civil and criminal cases: There is a disconnect that the American…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Federal Circuit Extends ResQNet and Allows Discovery of Settlement Negotiations
By Ed Anderson, Martin Bader, and Matthew M. Mueller The Federal Circuit (Dyk*, Rader & Moore) recently weighed in on the long-disputed issue of privilege for settlement negotiations. On April…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
New FJC report on Rules 26(f) and 16(b)
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Posted to the Civ Pro prof listserv by Emery Lee of the Federal Judicial Center:The report [from here on quoting Mr. Lee's email]:Can be accessed at this link:http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/leeearly.pdf/$file/leeearly.pdfExecutive SummaryAt the…
Class Actions Insider
Recent Property & Casualty Class Action Decisions – Part Two
Here is the second installment of my summaries of significant recent P&C class action decisions: Seabron v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41451 (D. Colo. Mar.…
Reverse & Render
Mandamus for Discovery of Personal Computer Hard Drive
The Dallas Court of Appeals granted a petition for writ of mandamus in a case in which the trial court ordered production of a personal computer hard drive and e-mail…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Will the Supremes Take a Discovery Case
By Ellen Podgor
In the wake of the Schuelke/Shields report and the introduction of new discovery legislation, one has to wonder whether the Supreme Court will take a case that raises a Brady…
Chicago IP Litigation
Fees Awarded for Deposition Related to Rule 11 Investigation
Judge St. Eve granted in part plaintiff/counter-defendant Morningware's motion to compel the deposition of defendant/counter-plaintiff's employee that conducted pre-suit, Rule 11 testing in this Lanham Act and patent infringement case…
SDNY Blog
Judge Baer Reminds Litigants: “The Month You Chose For Trial Never Changes”
Don’t expect to push back a trial date before Judge Baer. His model scheduling order states that the month the parties choose for trial will “rarely if ever be changed.”…