Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Good Cause

Poor Health, Family Obligations Supply Good Cause for Avoiding Deposition Travel

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC on 8/15/2024

To their credit, experienced litigators are able to resolve the vast majority of pretrial discovery disputes without the need for court intervention. This is particularly true when the dispute in question is whether a...more

Court Denies Railway Company’s Renewed Motion for Spoliation; Agrees to Bifurcate Trial

Goldberg Segalla on 4/24/2024

Court: United States District Court for the District of Montana, Great Falls Division In connection to defendant Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company’s ongoing litigation in Libby, Montana (covered extensively by the...more

Tethered to the Court: Ninth Circuit Holds that 100-Mile Limitation Applies to Remote Testimony

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 8/8/2023

Addressing an issue of first impression, and one that is becoming increasingly important as the legal industry has become more comfortable with and dependent on video conference technology in the aftermath of the pandemic,...more

Discretion of Federal District Court Judges To Manage Their Dockets

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/7/2020

The Third Circuit recently affirmed the significant discretion that district court judges have to manage their dockets when it confirmed that “good cause” must be shown under Federal Rule Civ. P. 16(b)(4) to add a party or...more

Claim Construction of “Customary and Ordinary” Meaning Does Not Justify Amendment of Noninfringement and Invalidity Contentions

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 5/30/2019

Recently, in a patent infringement action pending in the Eastern District of Michigan, Webasto Thermo & Comfort N. Am., Inc. v. BesTop, Inc., No. 2:16-cv-13456, Order No. 209 (E.D. Mich. May 20, 2019) (Borman, J.), the court...more

State Court Stays Discovery Under The PSLRA During Pendency Of Motion To Strike

A&O Shearman on 5/29/2019

On May 15, 2019, Judge Charles T. Lee of the Connecticut Superior Court at Stamford granted a protective order staying discovery pending a motion to strike in an action alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933 (the...more

Chris Lazarini Examines When Scheduling Order May be Modified

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 3/5/2019

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined a Madoff Trustee’s case in which defendants sought to modify their Scheduling Order to allow them to take discovery of supplemental matters identified in the Trustee’s...more

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