Blog Entries
Observations about current developments bearing on complex litigation, U.S. and international arbitration, the Federal Rules, and occasionally state rules.
RSS2007 Nov
30 Nov 2007
Pleading in the Alternative — Judicial Admissions
29 Nov 2007
Final Judgments; Appealability; Fraudulent Concealment
28 Nov 2007
Work Product Protection — Non-Party's Standing to Assert
27 Nov 2007
Spoliation on Summary Judgment
26 Nov 2007
RICO Enterprise — Is an Ascertainable Structure Required?
25 Nov 2007
Spoliation — Mere Disassembly ≠ Spoliation
24 Nov 2007
What Does Twombly Really Mean?
23 Nov 2007
Expert Testimony on Class Certification
22 Nov 2007
Experts — Abusive Supplementation — Destruction of Notes Sometimes Forgiveable
21 Nov 2007
RICO — Damage to Business or Property
20 Nov 2007
Expert Testimony as to the Infirmity of Eyewitness Testimony
19 Nov 2007
Sanctions — Attorneys' Fees — How Much Is Too Much?
18 Nov 2007
Spoliation Factoid
17 Nov 2007
Discovery — Electronic Spoliation — Strategic Objections & Capitulation — Change of Witness Testimony at Deposition Break
16 Nov 2007
Federal Jurisdiction — § 1447(d) Bars Review of Order Declining Supplemental Jurisdiction under § 1367(c)
15 Nov 2007
Rule 11 — Duty to Inquire — Irrelevance of Signature — Duties of Local Counsel
15 Nov 2007
H.R. 3013 -- Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007
14 Nov 2007
Pleading — Incorporation by Reference and Rules 8(a)(2) & 10(c)
13 Nov 2007
RICO Developments 2007
12 Nov 2007
‛Spoliation“ by Not Creating Evidence Despite Duty to Do So
11 Nov 2007
Twombly Count
10 Nov 2007
RICO Causation
09 Nov 2007
RICO — Injury to Business or Property — Loss of a Cause of Action
08 Nov 2007
Attorney-Client Privilege — Email — Waiver by Use of Another’s Computer
07 Nov 2007
Attorney-Client Privilege — Common Interest Privilege — Tax Practitioner’s Privilege
06 Nov 2007
Expert Evidence — Historians & Daubert
05 Nov 2007
Reply Briefs — Why Do We Even Bother?
04 Nov 2007
Rule 11 Sanctions — The Hidden Safe Harbor — Surviving Summary Judgment
03 Nov 2007
SLUSA and Reversed Incentives
02 Nov 2007
International Perspectives on Electronic Evidence
01 Nov 2007