India
S&A Law Offices
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United States
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Taken for granted, overlooked and generally not read very carefully are provisions ensconced with the moniker "miscellaneous."
Pryor Cashman LLP
Pryor Cashman Partner David Rose, a member of the firm's Executive Committee, a member of the Litigation, Media + Entertainment, and Sports Groups, and co-chair of the Alternative Dispute...
McGuireWoods LLP
Under the common interest doctrine, separately represented clients may sometimes contractually avoid the normal waiver impact of disclosing privileged communications to each other.
McGuireWoods LLP
The attorney-client privilege originated in Roman law, and flourished under what John Adams labeled "that most excellent monument of human art, the common of law of England."
MoloLamken
It's the rare businessperson who wants to have an important issue or, worse, a company's fate decided by a judge or jury.
McGuireWoods LLP
Last week's Privilege Point described a federal court case holding that explicit reliance on a consultant's investigation waived fact work product protection...
Farrell Fritz, P.C.
The attorney-client privilege is an old and well-known evidentiary privilege. It fosters candor between attorney and client, protects confidential information from being revealed to others...
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Under Title 35 of the U.S. Code, Section 284, a victorious patent owner in a patent infringement suit may seek an award of up to three times the damages award — treble damages — if the patent owner proves...
Kennedys
Article reviews the general Florida law relating to a litigant's duty to preserve evidence.
Pryor Cashman LLP
Pryor Cashman Partner David Rose, a member of the firm's Executive Committee, a member of the Litigation, Media + Entertainment, and Sports Groups, and co-chair...
McGuireWoods LLP
Federal courts have eliminated nearly any chance for unsuccessful trial court litigants to immediately appeal adverse privilege or work product rulings – inexplicably rejecting the obvious...
Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich
International Arbitration Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of United States, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries
Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Section 3101(a) of the CPLR provides for the "full disclosure of all matter material and necessary in the prosecution or defense of an action." This standard requires the disclosure "of any facts...
Reed Smith
The explosive growth in the volume of electronically stored information shows no sign of slowing, allowing greater opportunity for discovery disputes where parties fail to work...
Liskow & Lewis
The Louisiana Third Circuit recently affirmed a trial court discovery ruling that allowed the defendant to design its own e-discovery protocol without input from plaintiffs.
Reed Smith
The Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure recently approved for public comment amendments to FRCP Rules 26(f)(3)(D) and 16(b)(3)(B). These amendments set out to address...
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
Few litigation tasks have imposed as many hurdles of substantial cost but questionable necessity as attempting to take civil discovery in one State for use in a lawsuit in another.
Reed Smith
Adiscovery order issued in In re StubHub Refund Litigation, No. 20-md-02951-HSG (TSH) (N.D. Cal. Apr. 25, 2023) highlights the importance of consulting attorneys...
Cranfill Sumner
Four co-defendants meet with their joint defense counsel to discuss a pending lawsuit. The meeting ends and all participants are confident that the discussions will remain private.