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Discovery
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Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Provides Instruction on When to Seek Discovery in Reply to Summary Judgment Motion
Wimbledon Fund LP – Absolute Return Fund Series v. SV Special Situations Fund LP, C.A. No. 4780-CS (Del. Ch., Dec. 22, 2011), read letter ruling here. Read summaries of prior Delaware decisions…
Federal Securities Law Source
SEC v. Mark Cuban – The Discovery Disputes Continue and Provide Insight Into the Strategy of the Commission and Defense
In legal briefs filed in the last week, Mark Cuban and the SEC continued to attack each other for their conduct in discovery. On December 13, 2011, Mr. Cuban responded…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Employs Tempered Solution for Discovery Issues
Salgado v. Mobile Services International LLC, C.A. No. 5268-VCN (Nov. 30, 2011), read letter ruling here. Issue Addressed The Court addressed the best solution for dealing with the failure of…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Discovery in a Legal Malpractice Case
When is a medical record discoverable, in general, and specifically, when are medical records from an "underlying injury" discoverable in a legal malpractice case? One answer is set forth in Paliouras…
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
TextExpander Significantly Shortcuts Your Discovery Workflow (And Everything Else You Do Too)
In one of my recent blog posts “Become a Discovery Ninja” I set out my workflow for responding to discovery requests. The most important rule of my workflow is to…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Court Orders Access to Facebook Data in Reply to Discovery Motion
Largent v. Reed (Pa. Ct. Common Pleas, Nov. 8, 2011). The purpose of including this Pennsylvania trial court opinion is because of its broad applicability and its relevance to discovery…
Drug & Device Law
They Can’t Do It To Us; We Can’t Do It To Them
By Bexis
This just in. In an important case concerning discoverability of expert materials in Pennsylvania, the en banc Superior Court has overturned a prior panel decision that allowed discovery of correspondence…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Pilot Project on Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Now available on the Federal Judicial Center’s website are Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Adverse Action. From the Introduction:The Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Adverse Action…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Joins The Fight Against Preserving Hard Drives For All Potential Class Action Members
On November 7, 2011, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the “Chamber”) filed an amicus brief in support of the motion by KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) to set aside the Southern District…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Non-Party Discovery and Legal Malpractice
One aspect of legal malpractice litigation is the failure to follow developments in the law. Rules change and not keeping up with the changes leads to mistakes, criticism and, later,…