Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Privileged Communication, Evidence

Discovery Rulings in Abrego-Garcia v. Noem Deportation Case

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 4/23/2025

In Abrego-Garcia v. Noem, __ F.R.D. ___, 2025 WL 1166402 (D. Md. Apr. 22, 2025)(Xinis, J.), plaintiffs notified the Court of “seemingly intractable discovery disputes….” The case is before the District Court after the United...more

Court Confirms Basic Privilege Principles in Giving Princeton a Win

McGuireWoods LLP on 3/20/2025

Because litigants frequently take an aggressive approach when withholding documents on privilege grounds, courts’ in camera reviews often result in a loss for them. But sometimes courts agree with a litigant’s privilege...more

Privilege Logs, Null Sets, Search Strings, and Number of Custodians in One Decision

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 1/24/2025

The decision in Cook v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 2024 WL 251942 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 21, 2025), packs a lot into very few pages. In two instances, where Meta had offered a compromise solution, the court held Meta to that offer....more

When is Failure to Provide a Timely Privilege Log Excusable?

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 6/24/2024

In Melton Properties, LLC v. Ill. Central R. Co., 2024 WL 3015749 at *5 (N.D. Miss. June 14, 2024), the court listed the factors to consider in deciding when the failure to provide a timely privilege log is – or is not – a...more

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

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. on 5/15/2024

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

Utah Care-Review Privilege

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog on 5/30/2018

Utah adopted a care-review privilege “to improve medical care by allowing health-care personnel to reduce morbidity or mortality and to provide information to evaluate and improve hospital and health care.” In January, the...more