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Defendants Win Summary Judgment in Shipyard Case Due to Plaintiffs Failure to Timely Disclose Experts

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On September 12, 2023, plaintiffs Monica Kelly-Lewis, Gia Lewis-Grows, and Levar Lewis, successors to the estate of decedent Brouney Lewis, filed this asbestos action in Louisiana State Trial Court in the Parish of Orleans....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

From confidential to careless: The case of the unprotected customer list

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment dismissal of a trade secret misappropriation complaint, finding that the plaintiff failed to take reasonable measures to maintain the secrecy of a...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Medical and Life Sciences: New York 2024 Year in Review

From medical devices to OTC drugs, preemption to expert preclusion, New York state and federal courts issued decisions in 2024 which further shaped the landscape in the medical and life sciences legal world. To prepare the...more

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Defendants Unsuccessful On Motions to Preclude Experts and Summary Judgment

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - In ACT’s continuing coverage of the Robichaux matter, Felton Robichaux filed suit in Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans against a number of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Can a Treating Physician Opine on Causation? Eleventh Circuit Says It’s About Intent, not Content

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) outlines two different sets of pretrial disclosure requirements, imposing more onerous requirements on “retained” than “non-retained” experts. Relatedly, when non-retained expert...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Failure to Fully Disclose Expert Opinions Results in Summary Judgment

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) requires retained expert witnesses to provide an expert report which gives “a complete statement of all opinions the witness will express and the basis and reasons for them.” Fed. R....more

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