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8 Essential Litigation Tips for In-House Counsel and Business Leaders

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Most business disputes settle. But if you bank on settlement without preparing for trial, you put your company at a disadvantage. The best settlements come when the other side knows you are fully ready for court. That means...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Court raises the bar for plaintiffs seeking to certify collective actions under FLSA, ADEA

Another federal appellate court has rejected the Lusardi approach to managing collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. In Richards v. Eli Lilly & Co., the U.S....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Missouri Supreme Court Railroad Case’s Upjohn Analysis Goes Off the Tracks: Part II

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Last week’s Privilege Point described the Missouri Supreme Court’s understandable conclusion that a railroad employee did not have a personal attorney-client relationship with railroad lawyers who interviewed her about an...more

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No Lawyer Required: Part I

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The very term “attorney-client privilege” would seem to necessitate a lawyer’s involvement in any communications deserving that evidentiary protection. But in some critical intra-corporate situations, the protection covers...more

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Privilege Under Fire: Protecting Forensic Reports in the Wake of a Data Breach

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In the chaos following a cyberattack, forensic reports are often pulled together under intense pressure and can assist companies in responding to and remediating the incident. However, if you're not careful, these reports...more

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In-House Counsel in the Custodian Debate: Balancing Proportionality and Relevance

In Dale v. Deutsche Telekom AG, Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole addressed a recurring issue in complex litigation—whether in-house counsel are appropriate custodians in discovery. The October 4, 2024 decision also highlights...more

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eDiscovery Lessons for In-House Counsel: A Case Study in What Not to Do

In the complex world of eDiscovery, the responsibilities of in-house counsel are more critical than ever. The stakes are high, and the consequences of missteps can be severe, as highlighted in this week’s Case of the Week. In...more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Sued: What In-house Counsel Without Litigation Experience Need to Know - Preparing Your Inside Team

3: Preparing Your Inside Team - Preservation, Privilege, Potential Pitfalls -This is the third in a series of articles that explores considerations and suggested actions for in-house counsel who are inexperienced in patent...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Premium on Preservation: Recent Delaware Rulings Underscore the Importance of Preserving Documents

Document discovery plays an essential role in litigation. Litigants and courts rely on documentary exhibits, along with witness testimony about such exhibits, to create a trial record. As a result, courts expect that parties...more

Jones Day

Fraud, Electronic Data Sources and Claims to Privilege in the United Kingdom—Lessons From Brian Glasgow v David Ames

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In Short - The Situation: Insolvency officeholders increasingly find their investigations into a company's affairs frustrated by the comingling of records on a "group" server. Claims to privilege by other group entities (or...more

BCLP

The perils of preservation

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The recent decision In re Keurig Antitrust Litigation, 2022 WL 1082087 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 11, 2022), offers timely examples of how extensive, well-intentioned preservation efforts can go awry – leading to costly motion practice...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Supreme Court Rules that Discovery is Not Available in Aid of Private Foreign Arbitration: ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare,...

The U.S. Supreme Court resolved a dispute on Monday, June 13, 2022, that had been simmering in the lower courts for some time: whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) authorizes district courts to order discovery in favor of private...more

Alston & Bird

The GDPR Reaches the US Supreme Court in Cert Petition

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The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been raised in a petition for certiorari before the US Supreme Court, apparently for the first time since the GDPR entered into application in 2018. A party in Vesuvius...more

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[Webinar] Now Available At No Cost: Secure, Virtual Trial and Deposition Prep with Storybuilder by Everlaw - January 26th, 1:00 pm...

Post-review litigation preparation traditionally occurs over email, with competing versions of outlines sent back and forth until no one is sure what’s the most up to date. Digitally preparing for trial often involves a...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Beyoncé Trademark Case Provides Evidentiary Lessons Before the TTAB

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Veronica Morales, a wedding/event planner providing services under the trademark BLUE IVY, has unsuccessfully challenged a pending application for the mark BLUE IVY CARTER, filed by BGK Trademark Holdings, LLC (Beyoncé...more

Baker Donelson

Sitting with the C-Suite: eDiscovery Observations – Historical Lookback to 1990s and 2000s

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Rakesh Madhava, the chief executive officer of Nextpoint, has extensive litigation experience, first as a litigation paralegal at, among other law firms, Kirkland & Ellis, and then as a litigation data consultant at FTI...more

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[Webinar] ACEDS Detroit Chapter: Defensible Remote Forensic Collection - July 23rd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

Digital forensics, whether performed in-house or by engaging an outside vendor, can uncover critical evidence for a variety of cases, including employee data theft, litigation holds, eDiscovery cases, and incident response...more

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[Webinar] How to Collaboratively Craft Narratives and Prepare for Depositions - March 24th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Post-review litigation preparation traditionally occurs over email, with competing versions of outlines sent back and forth until no one is sure what’s the most up to date. Manual drudgery abounds, whether it’s printing out...more

Jones Day

New York's Top Court Rules 7–0: "Private" Facebook Posts Subject to Disclosure

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On February 13, 2018, the New York Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that a user's "private" Facebook messages and photos are subject to disclosure where that information is "reasonably calculated to contain evidence...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Are Defendants Required To Create Datasets to Respond to Discovery Requests in Class Actions?

Discovery disputes in class actions often focus on plaintiffs’ requests for computer data regarding putative class members’ claims, and how far defendants need to go in providing such data. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

A Framework for Applying Proportionality in E-Discovery: The Sedona Conference Principles

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The principles provide a useful framework for the application of proportionality to preservation, as well as practical guidance for negotiating the scope of discovery. The Sedona Conference — a research and educational...more

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Seventh Circuit to Plaintiffs: Here's Your Burden of Proof

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Most employees who file employment discrimination claims hope for one of two things – a really sympathetic jury or an employer that is willing to generously settle the lawsuit to avoid the risks and uncertainties of trial. ...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments Updating its Rules of Practice for Administrative Proceedings

On July 13, 2016, the SEC announced its adoption of several amendments that update the SEC’s rules of practice governing its administrative proceedings. ...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

New Amendments to SEC's Rules of Practice in Administrative Proceedings

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On July 13, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted several amendments to its Rules of Practice regarding administrative proceedings. The amendments address, among other things, the timing of...more

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Post-Tyson Foods, Defendants Should Take the Offensive in Discovery Sampling

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Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Tyson Foods and in light of the greater emphasis on proportionality in the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, defendants can expect to see an increase in the use of sampling in...more

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