Electronic Discovery, Business Torts, Civil Procedure

Laying Foundation for Meta Data and Websites

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 5/9/2013

Lawsuits brought in the U.S. that result in judgments against Chinese companies often have problems with enforceability, unless the Chinese company has assets in the US or assets in another country that enforces US judgments....more

E-Discovery Guidelines Coming To A Court Near You

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 12/18/2012

New E-Discovery Guidelines related to the discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”) have been approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Find the Guidelines and related documents...more

Development In Social Media Discovery

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 12/4/2012

Social media postings, messages and records are subject to discovery in lawsuits. But like other forms of discovery, there are limits. Courts don’t like fishing expeditions and will use state and federal laws to deny...more

California Electronic Discovery Act: Part Four

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 11/13/2012

Part Four in a multi-part series on the topic. Searching for evidence in the form of email, text messages and instant messaging is increasingly important in lawsuits. However, requests for this type of evidence during the...more

California Electronic Discovery Act

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 9/10/2012

California’s Electronic Discovery Act was signed into law on June 29, 2009, establishing procedures for parties to discover electronically stored information (“ESI”) from opposing parties for use as evidence in state court...more

What Are Your Jurors Doing on the Internet?

by Christopher Hopkins on 12/31/2011

Reconsider how you select a jury by considering these tips and statistics on how your potential jurors use the internet....more

Third Party Discovery of Foreign Bank Records Should First Proceed Under the Hague Convention

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/26/2011

Where U.S. litigation discovery obligations were argued to be in conflict with foreign civil and criminal privacy statutes, many recent opinions found that discovery should proceed under the Federal Rules over the protest of...more

NUM LIST OF COMMON OBJECTIONS TO DISCOVERY REQUESTS (La CCP)

by Garrett P. Laborde on 1/5/2011

This list can be used as your quick reference to the most common Discovery Objections. The list is laid out topically and numerically. ...more

Class Action Against Whole Foods for "Case Discount" Problems Certified by the Northern District of Ohio

by Aaron Minc on 10/11/2010

Class Action Against Whole Foods for "Case Discount" Problems Certified by the Northern District of Ohio...more

You're Exonerated: Exploring the "Sham Guaranty Defense to Eliminate Liability Under a Guaranty

by Robert M. Heller, A Professional Law... on 4/1/2010

Lenders commonly require principals of a company to personally guarantee a real estate loan. While the business may be protected by California’s antidefiency statute, guarantors are not. Lenders also carefully draft...more

The Titan Killer: Mandatory Exclusion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 37(c)(1)

by Joshua Gilliland on 10/6/2009

Oracle and SAP are at war. They have exchanged bayonet charges in discovery for two years in a case where Oracle has accused SAP (TomorrowNow) of “systematic and pervasive illegal downloading of Oracle software over...more

The Return of Covad Communications

by Joshua Gilliland on 6/16/2009

Magistrate Judge Facciola’s “Christmas Eve” opinion now has a sequel: Covad Communs. Co. v. Revonet, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47841 (D.D.C. May 27, 2009). This opinion is very detailed covering issues of forensic...more

Surfing for Personal Jurisdiction from Online Activity

by Joshua Gilliland on 5/13/2009

May 13th is the anniversary of Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714 (1878), one of the great personal jurisdiction cases, followed by International Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945), Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior...more

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