Appeals, Discovery, Fraud

Plaintiffs’ Appeal of Trial Court’s Order Granting Defendant’s Motion to Quash Service of Summons Successful in California

Goldberg Segalla on 3/25/2025

Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Four - Blanca Hernandez, et al., v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, et al. This litigation arises from claims of asbestos exposure. The plaintiffs allege the...more

Second Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Disclosure of Attorney-Client Communications Subject to the Crime-Fraud Privilege...

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 2/19/2025

On Feb. 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Two Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated Sept. 13, 2023 affirmed the Southern District of New York’s order compelling a partner at a law firm and the firm to...more

After Oral Argument, High Court Seems Poised to Preserve FDCPA Status Quo

Hudson Cook, LLP on 10/24/2019

In Rotkiske v. Klemm, the Supreme Court has the opportunity to do what many plaintiffs’ attorneys have dreamed of for years: effectively expand the FDCPA’s one-year statute of limitations by applying the “discovery rule” to...more

UK Court Takes a “Realistic” and “Commercial” Approach to Litigation Privilege in the Context of Internal Investigations

King & Spalding on 2/16/2018

In a judgment handed down at the end of 2017, but only recently released, the High Court in London has determined - in Bilta (UK) Ltd v RBS - that interviews held with employees in preparation of a report intended to deter a...more

High Court Rules That Litigation Privilege Can Apply in Respect of Internal Investigations

A&O Shearman on 2/12/2018

In Bilta (UK) Ltd (in Liquidation) & Ors v Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Mercuria Energy Europe Trading Limited [2017] EWCH 3535 (Ch) (“Bilta v RBS”), the High Court upheld RBS’s claim of litigation privilege over documents...more

Second Circuit Holds Section 1782 Discovery Is Available For Use In A Foreign Or International Proceeding Even Where Applicant...

Carlton Fields on 11/21/2017

This case arose out of a dispute between Intervenors-Appellants Yves Bouvier and MEI Invest Ltd. (collectively, “Bouvier”) and Petitioners-Appellees Accent Delight International Ltd. and Xitrans Finance Ltd. (collectively,...more

Appeals › Discovery › Fraud

Plaintiffs’ Appeal of Trial Court’s Order Granting Defendant’s Motion to Quash Service of Summons Successful in California

Second Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Disclosure of Attorney-Client Communications Subject to the Crime-Fraud Privilege...

After Oral Argument, High Court Seems Poised to Preserve FDCPA Status Quo

UK Court Takes a “Realistic” and “Commercial” Approach to Litigation Privilege in the Context of Internal Investigations

High Court Rules That Litigation Privilege Can Apply in Respect of Internal Investigations

Second Circuit Holds Section 1782 Discovery Is Available For Use In A Foreign Or International Proceeding Even Where Applicant...

English Court Questions the Application of Litigation Privilege in Criminal Investigations

The Degrees of Truth: When is Dismissal with Prejudice Warranted?

New York and North Carolina Take a Narrow Approach to Common Interest Doctrine

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