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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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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