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Discovery
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Mass Tort Defense
ABA Urges Respect For Foreign Privacy Laws
By Sean Wajert
“Commerce among nations should be fair and equitable.” -- Benjamin Franklin The global economy of the 21st century has given rise to an im
Personal Injury Law Journal
Can A Court Grant Access to Your Personal Information on Social Media Sites During Your Case?
Although Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other forms of social media are great ways of staying in touch with family and friends, there are obvious risks associated with each one of…
Pennsylvania Law Monitor
Social Networking and Discovery
Be aware that social media accounts, such as FaceBook or MySpace, may not be private even if the privacy settings have been properly set on the website. Courts around the…
Inside Privacy
Personal Injury Defendant Denied Access to Plaintiff’s Private Facebook Content
By Laura Brookover, Inside Privacy
An Eastern District of Michigan judge held that a personal injury defendant could not discover the plaintiff’s private Facebook content under Rule 26(b) governing the discoverability of evidence. Tompkins v.…
Pennsylvania Law Monitor
Plaintiff’s Win Latest Battle over Facebook Discovery
In previous posts, the contributors to this blog have commented on the ever-changing status of Pennsylvania law regarding whether a defendant is entitled to gain access to a plaintiff's Facebook…
EvidenceProf Blog
Double Secret Probation Edition: D. Conn. Limits Deposition Of Probation Officer At Plaintiff’s Request
By Colin Miller
A plaintiff brings a civil action against a university. After being deposed, the plaintiff realizes that defense counsel has asked to depose his probation officer. The plaintiff argues that the…
Socially Aware Blog
Standard for Discovery of Anonymous Internet Users’ Identities Remains in Flux
By Sunni Yuen
Plenty of press attention has been given to social media sites’ views on whether their users can use “handles” or pseudonyms instead of their real names. But much of the…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Federal District Court Stays State Court Discovery Pursuant To SLUSA
The plaintiff filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, alleging that the defendants omitted material facts from a proxy statement, breaching…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Court of Appeal Reminds Litigants That Settling With Named Plaintiff Does Not Necessarily End Putative Class Action
By Lai Yip, Neil Popovic
If a defendant in a putative class action settles with the class representative prior to class certification, does the defendant nonetheless have to respond to pre-settlement discovery requests to identify…
California Employment Law Update
Attorney Was Properly Denied Precertification Discovery To Find A New Class Representative
By Tony Oncidi
Pirjada v. Superior Court, 201 Cal. App. 4th 1074 (2011) Putative class representative Obaidul H. Pirjada filed a complaint on behalf of himself and a putative class of all security…