Topic
Discovery
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Reverse & Render
Discovery in challenges to the exercise of personal jurisdiction
The Houston First District Court of Appeals has held that a trial court abused its discretion by denying the plaintiffs discovery of jurisdictional facts pertaining to the defendants' personal appearance. …
EvidenceProf Blog
Not That Big Of A Stretch: District Of Connecticut Opinion Finds “Rough Notes” Are Discoverable
By Colin Miller
A suspect is interrogated by law enforcement agents. During the interrogation, those agents take "rough notes." The suspect is later charged, and a trial date is set. The defendant thereafter…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Tasty solution to bitter discovery dispute
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
A federal judge has ordered a litigant who cursed at an adversary during a discovery dispute to take a CLE class in professionalism and to have dinner with his adversary. One…
Mass Tort Defense
Digitek MDL Plaintiffs Ordered To Respond To Discovery
By Sean Wajert
The federal court has ordered plaintiffs in the MDL concerning the heart medication Digitek to respond to discovery relating to whether the individual
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
How Much Discovery Can You Get in Legal Malpractice
One answer to this question is found in Carl v, Cohen, NY Slip Op 31747(u), a decision by Justice Edmead. Here defendants Joel Cohen and Greenberg Traurig, LLP reached a "so…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Court Allows Discovery Against Deloitte LLP on Damages It Sought Against its Own Partners
Deloitte LLP v. Flanagan, No. 4125-VCN (Del. Ch., Aug. 4, 2009), read letter decision here. In this very short letter opinion, the court decided a discovery issue in which Mr.…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Last Minute Service Of Delinquent Discovery Responses Didn’t Save Plaintiff From Dismissal Of Her Complaint
The Plaintiff in Batlle v. Sabates didn't respond to Defendant's discovery for more than eight months. She served her responses only on the day that Defendant's motion for sanctions came…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Still more potent talk from AG Holder about federal sentencing reform
Main July 22, 2009Still more potent talk from AG Holder about federal sentencing reformEarlier today, Attorney General Eric Holder delivered these remarks at the National Black Prosecutors Association’s Profiles in…
Mass Tort Defense
So-Called Sunshine Act Bears Scrutiny
By Sean Wajert
Readers of MassTortDefense, outside counsel and clients alike, should have their eye on a pending legislative proposal to change the way protective or
The IP Law Blog
Updating California’s Discovery Rules with the Electronic Discovery Act
by Dale Campbell and Emily Hirsekorn State rules concerning electronic discovery just got clearer. On June 29, 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger signed the Electronic Discovery Act (the “Act”), which became effective immediately. Just last…