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MDL Defendant Moves for Coordination with State Court Proceedings

By Sean Wajert on March 25, 2015
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

General Motors recently moved in Pennsylvania state court to to have discovery in an ignition defect lawsuit coordinated with the discovery in the 150…
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Class Discovery Sufficient for Merits Summary Judgment

By Sean Wajert on May 14, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud

Readers know that courts will sometimes, perhaps often, bifurcate discovery in a proposed class action between the discovery needed to assess certific…
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State Supreme Court Rejects Fishing Expedition of Experts’ Employer

By Sean Wajert on April 3, 2014
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

The Texas Supreme Court rejected plaintiffs’ attempt to engage in a “fishing expedition” of the employer of two experts retained in a produc…
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Lone Pine Issue Appealed to State Supreme Court

By Sean Wajert on September 4, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Medical Monitoring, Toxic Tort

Defendants in a fracking toxic tort case last week petitioned the Colorado Supreme Court to overrule an appeals court decision which had struck down a…
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State Supreme Court Issues Opinion on Management of Discovery

By Sean Wajert on July 8, 2013
Posted in Articles, Chemical

Recently, the Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion reaffirming that trial courts need to take an active, hands-on role in managing discovery and s…
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Committee Approves Amendments to Civil Rules

By Sean Wajert on June 8, 2013
Posted in Articles

Earlier this month, the Federal Courts’ Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure approved for publication a package of proposals that would, if en…
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Discovery of Expert Communications At Issue

By Sean Wajert on April 11, 2013
Posted in Articles

Here is one to watch for our readers who practice in Pennsylvania. The state Supreme Court has before it the issue of discovery of communications bet…
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Federal Court Orders Class Action Plaintiffs to Share Defendant’s Discovery Costs

By Sean Wajert on August 24, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action

A federal district court in Pennsylvania recently gave defendants in putative class actions new authority for requiring plaintiffs to share discovery …
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ABA Urges Respect For Foreign Privacy Laws

By Sean Wajert on February 13, 2012
Posted in Articles

“Commerce among nations should be fair and equitable.” — Benjamin Franklin The global economy of the 21st century has given rise to an im…
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Injunction Issued in Protracted Dryer Litigation

By Sean Wajert on April 27, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

We have posted before about the ongoing Thorogood v. Sears Roebuck & Co. litigation, when the 7th Circuit rejected the proposed class action; when…
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