The ninth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
3/3/2018
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronic Devices ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Fee-Shifting ,
FRCP 34 ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
FRCP 45 ,
FRCP 5.2 ,
In Camera Review ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privileged Communication ,
Proportionality ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Third-Party ,
Twitter ,
Work-Product Doctrine ,
Young Lawyers
In this issue, we cover two decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, three decisions denying such motions, 26 decisions denying class certification or reversing grants of class certification, 22 decisions...more
12/26/2017
/ CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Decertification ,
FDCPA ,
FRCP 26 ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion to Remand ,
Motion To Strike ,
Reversal ,
TCPA
The eighth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
10/25/2017
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bad Faith ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Default Judgment ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Document Destruction ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
ESI Format ,
Failure to Produce ,
FRCP 24 ,
FRCP 37 ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Inadvertent Disclosure ,
Meet and Confer ,
Motion to Compel ,
Native Format Data ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Prevailing Party ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Request for Production ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Text Messages ,
Work-Product Doctrine ,
Writ of Mandamus
The seventh edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
6/30/2017
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Appeals ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bad Faith ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Failure To Preserve ,
FRCP 34 ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Honest Belief Defense ,
Motion to Compel ,
Native Format Data ,
Non-Parties ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Protective Orders ,
Public Disclosure ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Sealed Records ,
Search Terms ,
Spoliation ,
Subpoenas ,
Unduly Burdensome ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The sixth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses.
...more
3/9/2017
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Meet and Confer ,
Motion to Compel ,
Objections ,
Predictive Coding ,
Proportionality ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Text Messages ,
Undue Burden ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The fifth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses.
...more
10/14/2016
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Destruction ,
Document Productions ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Litigation Hold ,
Predictive Coding ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Stored Communications Act ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The fourth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, cost shifting and other e-discovery...more
6/23/2016
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Communications ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Internal Investigations ,
Order to Produce ,
Redaction ,
Request for Admissions ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Waivers ,
Work-Product Doctrine
This is the third edition of The E-Discovery Digest, a periodic publication on notable decisions relating to key discovery topics. It is designed to keep clients up to date on the evolving state of the law regarding discovery...more
2/19/2016
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bad Faith ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Disclosure ,
Discovery ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In This Issue:
- Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Decisions:
..Decisions Protecting Against Disclosure
..Decisions Ordering Disclosure Other
- Spoliation Decisions:
..Spoliation Sanctions...more
10/27/2015
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Common-Interest Privilege ,
Corporate Privilege ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Credibility ,
Depositions ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Disclosure ,
Discovery ,
Document Destruction ,
Document Productions ,
Document Retention Policies ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Internal Investigations ,
Litigation Hold ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Public Relations ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Testimony ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In This Issue:
- The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015
- Class Certification Decisions:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims
..Decisions Denying Motions to...more
6/17/2015
/ Breach of Contract ,
CAFA ,
Chamber of Commerce ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Damages ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Discovery ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Estoppel ,
FACTA ,
FDCPA ,
FRCP 23 ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Jurisdiction ,
Leave to Amend ,
Local Controversy Exception ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion To Strike ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Product Defects ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reasonable Person Test ,
Remand ,
Res Judicata ,
Rule 68 ,
SCOTUS ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015
In This Issue: -
- Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Decisions:
..Decisions Protecting Against Disclosure
..Decisions Ordering Disclosure
- Spoliation and Preservation Decisions:
..Sanctions...more
6/2/2015
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Contempt ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Depositions ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Document Destruction ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Duty to Preserve ,
e-Discovery ,
Metadata ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Public Disclosure ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Witnesses ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In This Issue:
- Nexium and the Problems of Overbroad Class Actions
- Class Certification Decisions:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims
..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike/Dismiss...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed an important question governing the procedure for removing cases to federal court — whether a defendant must attach evidence in support of key jurisdictional facts, such as the...more
This is the sixth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
This is the fifth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
In This Issue:
- Avoiding Class Certification Through an Offer of Judgment
- CLASS CERTIFICATION DECISIONS:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike
..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike...more
This is the third edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
3/8/2014
/ Ascertainable Class ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Warranty ,
Burden of Proof ,
Butler v Sears ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
EFTA ,
FDCPA ,
Fraud ,
FRCP 23(b)(2) ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Indirect Purchasers ,
Injunctions ,
Motion To Strike ,
Negligence ,
Numerosity ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Removal ,
RESPA ,
Rule 68 ,
Securities Litigation ,
Standing ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
Unfair Competition ,
Whirlpool v Glazer
Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court summarily vacated and remanded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Butler v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 702 F.3d 359 (7th Cir. 2012), for further consideration in...more
On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 5-4, reversed a sprawling class action encompassing more than 2 million current and former Comcast subscribers who alleged violations of federal antitrust laws. See...more