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How Does Work Product Protection Apply to Lawyers’ Witness Interview Notes? Two Courts Disagree on the Same Day: Part I

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Litigators frequently interview fact witnesses in pending or anticipated litigation settings. Their interview notes normally deserve fact work product protection, but that can be overcome if the witnesses disappear or their...more

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Confidential Reinsurance Agreement Made Public After Party Failed to Show Good Cause for Maintaining Confidentiality

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A reinsurance agreement and attachments filed in a court proceeding and purportedly containing “all manner of confidential and proprietary business information,” including “product design,” “service standards,” “pricing,” and...more

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Second DCA Refuses to Allow Insurer to Obtain Settlement Information from Settling Co-Defendant

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In Allen v. State Farm Florida Ins. Co., 2D15-3114 (Fla. 2d DCA June 10, 2016), a sinkhole plaintiff sued two insurers for the same damage, and then settled with one of them before trial. The non-settling insurer wanted to...more

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