Disclosure Requirements, Discovery, Class Action

Medibank class action: navigating the legal privilege maze

A&O Shearman on 4/23/2025

Concerns about claims of legal professional privilege over third-party investigation reports produced in the course of responding to cyberattacks, and the extent to which such reports can be shielded from disclosure in legal...more

Court of Chancery Finds Class Counsel’s Litigation Funding Agreement is Discoverable

Morris James LLP on 2/7/2025

Burkhart v. Genworth Fin., Inc., C.A. No. 2018-0691-NAC (Del. Ch. Aug. 21, 2024). The rise in litigation funding brings a predictable follow-on question: Are litigation funding agreements protected as work product, or...more

"Third-Party Litigation Financing: Mandatory Disclosure on the Horizon?"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/20/2017

The use of third-party litigation financing — generally defined as the funding of litigation activities by entities other than the parties themselves, their insurers or their counsel — continues to increase in the United...more

Senate to Debate Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act

Polsinelli on 4/3/2017

A piece of federal legislation reflects a significant effort by Congress to curb perceived abuses of the federal class action procedure. The legislation is the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 – on March 9...more

CAFA, PART II?

Pierce Atwood LLP on 3/15/2017

In February 2017, Representative Goodlatte introduced the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017. The Act, as with its 2015 predecessor, covers a lot of ground. It permits certification of damages classes only where...more

Big Changes Could Be Coming in Class Action Litigation

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/23/2017

On February 10, 2017, U.S. Rep. and House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Bob Goodlatte (R-Va), introduced a new version of his Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 (H.R. 985) (the "Act"). The Act, while bearing the...more