Blog Entries
Observations about current developments bearing on complex litigation, U.S. and international arbitration, the Federal Rules, and occasionally state rules.
RSS2007 Jul
31 Jul 2007
12(b)(6) Motions — Documents the Court May Consider
30 Jul 2007
SLUSA — Options Backdating Claims Fall Within Delaware Carve-Out
29 Jul 2007
Securities — Tellabs Obliges Court to Discount Confidential Informant Allegations
28 Jul 2007
American Pipe Unclogged
27 Jul 2007
Inherent Power & Rule 37 — Novel Sanctions for Discovery Abuse & Spoliation
26 Jul 2007
Sanctions — Rule 11 Safe Harbor — Need to Amend Motion
25 Jul 2007
More on Bell Atlantic v. Twombly & the Supreme Court’s New Pleading Standards
24 Jul 2007
Sanctions — Inherent Power — Wrong Kind of Bad Faith
23 Jul 2007
Trial — Summaries, Consent Decree, Guilt-Assuming Hypotheticals
22 Jul 2007
Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege — Parent/Subsidiary Conflict
21 Jul 2007
International Arbitration & Federal Jurisdiction — Minimum Contacts
20 Jul 2007
Is Advice of Counsel an Affirmative Defense that Must be Pled to be Asserted?
19 Jul 2007
Attorney-Client Privilege & Waiver: The Blurt Out
18 Jul 2007
Spoliation — State vs. Federal Law
17 Jul 2007
Res Judicata — Sua Sponte Invocation
16 Jul 2007
Summary Judgment — "Admissible" Evidence — Internet/Email Evidence
15 Jul 2007
Civil RICO — Mail Fraud — Reliance / Inadequate Notice of Appeal
15 Jul 2007
KPMG Dismissal Decision
14 Jul 2007
Internet Evidence — Authentication
13 Jul 2007
Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege — Sale of Company — No Joint Defense for Seller and Bidder
12 Jul 2007
Arbitration and New York Convention — Requisite Specificity of Arbitration Clause
11 Jul 2007
Attorney-Client Privilege — Dissolved Corporation’s Right to Assert Privilege
10 Jul 2007
Rule 54(b) — Standard on Motion for Reconsideration
09 Jul 2007
Expert Spoliation — Sanctions — Loss on the Merits
08 Jul 2007
Judicial Notice — Factual Findings of Other Courts
07 Jul 2007
Securities — The End of Channel Stuffing
06 Jul 2007
RICO — Association-In-Fact Enterprise — Ascertainable Structure Requirement
05 Jul 2007
Class Action Fairness Act — Burden of Proof on Exceptions
04 Jul 2007
Spousal Privileges and Exceptional Testimony
03 Jul 2007
Class Actions — Rule 23(f) — Vacating and Reinstating Certification Order Ineffective to Re-Start 10-Day Appeal Period
02 Jul 2007