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New York Law Journal

Handling Foreign Plaintiffs' Requests for Access to U.S. Discovery

Jeff Hammel, Blake Denton and Max Ballou of Latham & Watkins discuss motions to intervene in order to gain access to U.S. discovery and provide strategic guidance for dealing with such motions.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Federal Judge to DOJ Lawyers: No Hiding Behind 'Half-Truths'

U.S. District Judge Hanen denies the government's request to temporarily start its executive-ordered immigration program reforms and issues a terse ruling suggesting DOJ lawyers misrepresented federal actions in his court. DOJ spokeswoman "emphatically disagrees" with Hanen's ruling regarding government lawyers' statements.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Does Use of Self-Destructing Messages Raise Spoliation Concerns?

Peter Isajiw and Anthony Del Giudice of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft write: Courts have not yet considered how to categorize self-destructing message apps, but the law's general distaste for missing records and the increasing popularity of self-destructing message apps makes a forthcoming confrontation likely.
11 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Federal Judge to DOJ Lawyers: No Hiding Behind 'Half-Truths'

U.S. District Judge Hanen denies the government's request to temporarily start its executive-ordered immigration program reforms and issues a terse ruling suggesting DOJ lawyers misrepresented federal actions in his court. DOJ spokeswoman "emphatically disagrees" with Hanen's ruling regarding government lawyers' statements.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Comments Sought on Rule Proposal for Depositions

The Commercial Division Advisory Council has recommended adopting a new rule designed to streamline depositions taken from legal and business entity representatives.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Opens Dangerous Door to Compulsory 'Quick Peek'

In their Federal E-Discovery column, H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison discuss "quick peek" agreements, which can speed up discovery because parties can reduce the amount of privilege review they conduct before a production, knowing that any privileged documents disclosed will be returned to the producing party without objection.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Segal v. Zieleniec, PICS Case No. 15-0524 (E.D. Pa. March 24, 2015) Rufe, J. (9 pages).

By | April 07, 2015
Claims arising from the funding of loans to Israeli borrowers through trust agreements could not be dismissed as time-barred when the complaint did not permit the conclusion that Pennsylvania's discovery rule did not apply or when the cause of injury was known or reasonably knowable. Motion to dismiss granted and denied in part.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Kemp v. Mut. Benefit Ins. Co., PICS Case No. 15-0517 (C.P. Monroe Jan. 14, 2015) Williamson J. (7 pages).

By | April 07, 2015
In this action to obtain UM/UIM coverage and bad-faith damages, although defendant-insurer would be prejudiced by joining the bad faith and contractual claims during trial, those concerns did not outweigh the countervailing interests of avoiding piecemeal litigation and delay. Defendant's motion to sever the bad faith claims granted.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Carter v. Healthport Technologies, LLC

By | April 07, 2015
'Spiro' Noted in Finding Plaintiffs Not Injured By Cost of Medical Records Ordered by Lawyers
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Won't Modify Broad Protection Order in Paterno Suit

A broad protection order barring disclosure of pretrial discovery materials will stay in place in the Paterno v. NCAA suit, the judge overseeing the case has ruled.
4 minute read

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