Blog Entries
Observations about current developments bearing on complex litigation, U.S. and international arbitration, the Federal Rules, and occasionally state rules.
RSS2007 Sep
30 Sep 2007
Appellate Procedure — Daubert and Sanctions
29 Sep 2007
Arbitration — Reversible Error to Dismiss Sua Sponte Based on Arbitration Clause
28 Sep 2007
Spoliation — State vs. Federal Law
27 Sep 2007
Sanctions — 28 U.S.C. § 1927 — Relentless Wrongheadedness
26 Sep 2007
Securities — Group Pleading Doctrine Abolished by PSLRA
25 Sep 2007
Grable & Guns
24 Sep 2007
Sanctions — No Private Right of Action for Rule 11 / § 1927 Violation
23 Sep 2007
Accountant Malpractice — Annual Audits — Continuous Representation Doctrine
22 Sep 2007
SLUSA — Right to Amend Complaint after Removal to Plead Around SLUSA
21 Sep 2007
Expert Spoliation — Ghostwriting Expert Report
20 Sep 2007
Federal Jurisdiction — Grable
19 Sep 2007
Email Admissibility — Summary Judgment Admissibility Standards — Government Documents
18 Sep 2007
Electronic Discovery — Vendor-Created Quagmire
17 Sep 2007
Spoliation — Standards for, and Impact of, Adverse Inference Instruction
16 Sep 2007
Personal Jurisdiction — Stream of Commerce Theory
15 Sep 2007
Arbitration & New York Convention: Federal Common Law vs. Choice of State Law
14 Sep 2007
Arbitration — Separate Consideration Required for Arbitration Clause?
13 Sep 2007
Electronic Spoliation — $720,000 Awarded for Data Lost in Breach of Contract and for Lack of Candor
12 Sep 2007
Race to the Courthouse — First-Filed Rule
11 Sep 2007
Sarbanes Oxley — Statutes of Limitations & Repose — Issues of First Impression
10 Sep 2007
Arbitration — Resignation of Party-Appointed Arbitrator Does Not Preclude Other Two from Issuing Decision
09 Sep 2007
Sanctions — Appealability of Vexatious Litigant Order
08 Sep 2007
Privilege & Sanctions — Interception of Privileged Communications
07 Sep 2007
Class Actions — American Pipe Tolling After Adverse Appellate Ruling on Certification
06 Sep 2007
The Garrulous Plaintiff — Admissibility of Lay Opinion that Defendant Is Blameless
05 Sep 2007
Punitive Damages Post-Philip Morris — & Raising Issues for First Time in Reply Brief
04 Sep 2007
Attorney-Client Privilege — Waiver by Diary
03 Sep 2007
Sanctions — Theft and Concealment of Documents — Counsel vs. Client
02 Sep 2007
New Pleading Article and Updated Internet/Email Article on Recent Articles Page
01 Sep 2007