Document Requests

The SEC Does Not Care about Your FINRA Document Request

by David Smyth | Brooks Pierce on 5/9/2013

If you are a broker-dealer or a registered representative at one, you sign on for some meddling by FINRA. The self-regulatory organization is responsible for overseeing your securities business and even for your outside...more

First Department Upholds Commercial Division Decision Striking Parties' Answer And Entering Default Judgment As A Sanction For...

by Valentina Shenderovich | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/7/2013

In Suffolk P.E.T. Mgt., LLC v. Anand, 2013 NY Slip Op 02335 (First Dep’t April 4, 2013), the Appellate Division, First Department affirmed an Order by the Supreme Court, New York County Commercial Division (Bernard J. Fried,...more

Bad Faith Sentinel - April 2013

by Gregory M. Boucher, Carolyn Due, Matthew M. Haar, Joseph C. Monahan, Amy L. Piccola, Thomas S. Schaufelberger | Saul Ewing LLP on 5/1/2013

In This Issue: - Western District Of Washington: Denial of a Defense Where Additional-Insured Status Was Arguable, and Doing So in Reliance on Extrinsic Evidence, Were Both Acts of Bad Faith - New York Court...more

Responsibilities to Preserve Data for Litigation

by Elizabeth Karnezos | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 4/15/2013

If you are involved in litigation, you have a duty to preserve all documents and data that could be relevant to the litigation. The duty to preserve evidence begins as soon as litigation is “reasonably anticipated.” That...more

Negotiating the Enforcement Maze: A CFPB Civil Investigative Demand

by Jennifer M. Keas | Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/5/2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), through its Office of Enforcement, may conduct inquiries of institutions or persons to investigate compliance with the federal consumer financial laws for which it is...more

NY Courts Adopt Federal E-Discovery Cost Allocation Standard

by Bruce V. Miller | Cullen and Dykman LLP on 3/26/2013

On February 28, 2012, Justice Acosta of the First Department, Appellate Division, adopted the federal Zubulake standard to determine which party is responsible for the cost of searching for, retrieving, and producing...more

Claims Administrator Does Not Have to Pay Statutory Penalties for Failing to Provide Requested Documents

by D. Michael Reilly | Lane Powell PC - ERISA Law on 3/26/2013

You know already that a plan administrator can be liable for statutory penalties under ERISA for failing to provide requested plan documents....more

EEOC Sanctioned for Failing to Produce Class Claimants' Social Media ESI and Other e-Discovery Misconduct

by Katherine R. Hinde, Danielle Kitson, Angelo Spinola | Littler on 3/19/2013

In EEOC v. The Original HoneyBaked Ham Company of Georgia Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26887 (D. Colo. Feb. 27, 2013), the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado sanctioned the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

Do You Need A Lawyer for a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena? [Video]

by The Kaiser Law Firm PLLC on 2/13/2013

Matt Kaiser, a Washington DC federal criminal defense attorney at The Kaiser Law Firm PLLC (http://www.tklf.com), discusses how a lawyer can add value if you have received a federal grand jury subpoena. If you'd like more...more

MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Fall 2012 - Volume 10, Issue 4: Conducting Efficient Patent...

by Kurt W. Rohde | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/16/2012

The costs associated with discovery, and particularly electronic document discovery, in patent litigation can be effectively controlled with upfront planning, preparation, and coordination between in-house and outside...more

Self Collecting Search Strategy May Be Discoverable

by Miller Canfield on 9/11/2012

In S2 Automation v Micron Technology, Mircron served S2 with interrogatories and document requests that became the subject of Micron's motion to compel. The motion to compel covered several issues, including Micron's request...more

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The SEC Does Not Care about Your FINRA Document Request

First Department Upholds Commercial Division Decision Striking Parties' Answer And Entering Default Judgment As A Sanction For...

Bad Faith Sentinel - April 2013

Responsibilities to Preserve Data for Litigation

Negotiating the Enforcement Maze: A CFPB Civil Investigative Demand

NY Courts Adopt Federal E-Discovery Cost Allocation Standard

Claims Administrator Does Not Have to Pay Statutory Penalties for Failing to Provide Requested Documents

EEOC Sanctioned for Failing to Produce Class Claimants' Social Media ESI and Other e-Discovery Misconduct

Do You Need A Lawyer for a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena? [Video]

MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Fall 2012 - Volume 10, Issue 4: Conducting Efficient Patent...

Self Collecting Search Strategy May Be Discoverable

Do You Need A Lawyer for a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena? [Video]

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