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New York Law Journal

Practical Observations by Judges on the Scope of Discovery

In their Southern District Civil Practice Roundup column, Edward M. Spiro and Judith L. Mogul discuss a number of rulings by Southern District judges on discovery disputes that offer instructive commentary on the scope of permissible discovery.
10 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Court Appoints Special Discovery Master in Mining Dispute

Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster has appointed a special discovery master in the dispute between two mining companies over the $436 million sale of coal mines and related assets. The vice chancellor ordered the appointment after holding the plaintiff failed to provide the court with an adequate privilege log on five occasions.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Separate Entity Rule and Extraterritorial Discovery

Marshall Fishman, David J. Onorato and David Y. Livshiz discuss the Court of Appeals' recent ruling in 'Motorola Credit Corporation v. Standard Chartered Bank,' writing that now that the separate entity rule's existence has been expressly recognized by the Court of Appeals, attention will shift to the question of how far the rule will reach.
9 minute read

Law.com

Chiquita Asks Court to Shield Records of Pay to Paramilitary

In a case that tests ­confidentiality provisions at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Chiquita Brands International Inc. last week squared off against the agency in a potentially ground-breaking Freedom of Information Act suit before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Oh the Drama! Forgery Claim Pops Up in Soap Opera Saga

A federal copyright infringement suit over a Spanish-language soap opera gets melodramatic with a forgery accusation.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

High Court Committee to Examine Ethics of Metadata Mining

A newly formed New Jersey Supreme Court committee is set to examine ethical issues regarding lawyers' use of metadata.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Insurer Must Disclose Privileged Emails in Borgata Fire Case

An insurer seeking reimbursement for settlement and defense costs stemming from a 2007 fire at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., was ordered by a federal judge Dec. 10 to disclose privileged emails it exchanged with its lawyers during negotiation of the settlement in the underlying litigation..
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Broad Civil Discovery Protects Us From Deadly Products

Takata, the supplier of millions of defective air bags that are prone to fragment and send shards of metal flying through the cabin of the cars in which they are installed, recently denied a report that it had carried out secret tests (after normal work hours, and on weekends and holidays) on this defect and covered up the results.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Aetna Slammed Over Outside Attorney 'Eyes-Only' Discovery

A Colorado federal judge has sanctioned Aetna Inc. and two of its subsidiaries in a patent case because defense lawyers designated more than 90 percent of documents they produced as viewable only by the plaintiffs' outside lawyers.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Ardon v. City of Los Angeles

By | December 10, 2014
3 minute read

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