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Discovery
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California Litigation Blog
April 2009 Website Recommendation
By Jeff Huron
In addition to doing traditional legal research, I regularly search the Internet. One of my favorite websites is California Discovery & Privilege Law hosted by Richard E. Best, a retired…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Azalea Garden Board & Care, Inc. v. Vanhoy, 2009 NCBC 9 (N.C. Super. Ct. March 26, 2009)(Tennille)
This case involves sanctions under Rule 26(g) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, which provides that an attorney's signature on a discovery response is a certification that it…
California Litigation Blog
Tenacity and Creative Thinking Are Always Rewarded
By Jeff Huron
It should not surprise you, but your opponent will play hide the ball and avoid getting pinned down. Yet many attorneys are not tenacious or creative enough about ensuring victory. …
Business and Commercial
More discussion of Georgia’s new “stay of discovery” rule, frivolous lawsuits, “loser pays” rules, etc.
By Ken Shigley
My learned colleague and fellow Atlantan, Jonathan Wilson, writing on the Manhattan Institute's PointofLaw.com blog, has responded to my earlier comment about the "stay of discovery" provision of the legislation…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SIFMA Calls Proposed Changes to Arbitration Discovery Guide “Fundamentally Unfair”
On March 6, 2009 the SEC published for public comment FINRA's proposed rule change on Amendments to the Discovery Guide to Update the Document Production Lists (Release No. 34-59534; File No.…
Drug & Device Law
Protection Of Customer Lists In Discovery
By Bexis
A legal question that recently circulated on the defense counsel listserv for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (“PLAC”) drew a lot of attention, and thus strikes us as a…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Holder’s Statement on the Stevens Case, Commentary, & More
By Ellen Podgor
AG Eric Holder sets the tone for this new DOJ (see here) in his DOJ Press Release which states, "After careful review, I have concluded that certain information should have…
Florida Insurance Blog
5th DCA Holds Attorney-Client Materials from Underlying Case Not Discoverable in Subsequent First-Party Bad Faith Case
By Mark Nation
In West Bend Mutual Insurance Company v. Higgins, _____ So.2d _____ (Fla. 5th DCA March 27, 2009), the insured brought a first-party bad faith case against West Bend pursuant to…
Legal Profession Blog
Almost Suspended
The Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimanded an attorney for "failing to comply with an opposing party's discovery request and with court orders to provide discovery, and in making misrepresentations to the…
Chicago IP Litigation
Trading Technologies v. eSpeed: Parties Ordered to Work Out Discovery Issues
Trading Techs. Int'l., Inc. v. CQG, Inc., No. 05 C 4811, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Feb. 17, 2009) (Moran, Sen. J.). Judge Moran denied a motion to reconsider an earlier…