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District Court Declines to Order Production of Test Results Referenced in Complaint and Initial Disclosures

The Northern District of Ohio denied a motion to compel the plaintiff to produce test results referenced in its initial disclosures and complaint. The court found that because the “test results are not facts but rather are...more

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International Trade Commission ALJ Holds that Relying on Pre-Suit Testing Waives Privilege Protection

A recent order from International Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge Elliott provides helpful guidance regarding a common ITC discovery dispute: whether a party may withhold from discovery as work product pre-suit test...more

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Dual-Purpose, Patent Analysis Documents Found Immune from Discovery under Work Product Doctrine

In Limestone Memory Systems LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al., the Discovery Master ruled that, under 9th Circuit law, pre-suit, patent analysis documents qualified for immunity from discovery under the work product...more

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