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Discovery
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Litigation & Trial
More Social Media Law Misunderstanding – Sermo, A Forum for Physicians, Not Immune From Discovery
Fresh off of my juror twittering post yesterday, KevinMD points us to a Newsweek story: What might you overhear if you got 100,000 doctors together in one virtual room? You could…
Litigation & Trial
Harvard Law Professor Bungles Rules of Civil Procedure for Deposing Third Parties
Legal Blog Watch catches Charles Nesson, a professor at Harvard Law School and a founder of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, getting reprimanded in the SONY BMG Music…
Reverse & Render
TRCP 193.6 Strikes Again
By Byron Henry
The Houston Court of Appeals (14th) recently held that a party may not avoid exclusion of an undisclosed expert by simply calling the witness to rebut previous testimony. Appellee failed…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Independent medical examinations and surveillance obtained in one action cannot be disclosed in a different action without a court order.
The Plaintiff, Kitchenham, was successful in her action against her insurer who tried to compel the production of an IME report and video taped surveillance of her that was obtained…
Drug & Device Law
Subpoenaing the Enablers
By Bexis
Interesting new decision out of the Asbestos MDL the other day, In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), 2009 WL 466381 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 25, 2009). The asbestos defendants…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Court Denies Requested Protective Order in Rohm and Haas v. Dow Chemical Litigation
Rohm and Haas Co. v. The Dow Chemical Co., (Del. Ch., Feb. 19, 2009), read letter decision here. The Chancery Court denied a Motion for Protective Order filed by proposed third-party…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Ever Thought Civil Cases Take Too Long? So Does the IAALS
The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System has put together an extremely comprehensive study on the time consumed by civil cases in American federal district courts. It…
Drug & Device Law
The Role Of Inside Counsel In Deposition Preparation
By Bexis
We're still feasting from our notes of the ACI Drug and Device Conference in New York last month. This post combines our thoughts with the ideas of one of the…
Reverse & Render
“Requests for Admission Are A Tool, Not A Trapdoor”
By Byron Henry
In a 6-3 opinion, the Texas Supreme Court held that requests for admissions sent to an insurance carrier in one capacity cannot be used against it in different capacity. USF&G…
Smooth Transitions
The Non-Compete Playbook: Discovery
By Rob Radcliff
Picking up on the Company A/Jordan James dispute, Company A successfully obtained a temporary restraining order against James. The Court ordered James not to engage in any placement work and…