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Say Hello To My Imaginary Friend! Judge Posner, Seventh Circuit Issue Stern Warning To Plaintiffs’ Firms For Again Citing Bogus...

by William Alderman, Christin Hill, Matthew Tolve | Orrick - Securities Litigation and Regulatory... on 4/2/2013

Plaintiffs’ counsel beware: to avoid Rule 11 sanctions you might actually have to talk to “confidential witnesses” yourself and corroborate their statements before citing them in a securities fraud complaint....more

The NLRB Overrules Longstanding Precedent in Two New Opinions

by Jason Hilliard | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 1/10/2013

On December 12, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) overruled a 50–year-old precedent when it decided that employers have a duty to continue to deduct union dues from employees’ paychecks even after the...more

NLRB Overrules Longstanding Precedent Exempting Witness Statements from Disclosure in Grievance-Arbitration Context

by C. Thomas Davis | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/7/2013

In yet another reversal of longstanding, bright-line precedent, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has changed dramatically the rule applicable to employers in responding to union information requests seeking...more

NLRB Decision Sets New Rule on Confidentiality of Witness Statements

by Michael Lebowich, Fredric Leffler, Marc Mandelman, Ronald Meisburg, Katharine Parker, Bernard Plum, Leslie Silverman, Mark Theodore, Allan Weitzman | Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/3/2013

The National Labor Relations Board continued its attack on long established internal investigation best practices with its recent ruling in American Baptist Homes of the West, 359 NLRB No. 46 (December 15, 2012) in which it...more

NLRB Overrules Another Longstanding Precedent: Witness Statements No Longer Exempt From Disclosure

by Mark Theodore | Proskauer - Labor Relations on 12/31/2012

The precedents are falling fast. Last week the NLRB overruled the five decade old Bethlehem Steel decision, and now another longstanding precedent has fallen....more

California Affirms Work Product Protection For Witness Statements

by Natasha Saggar Sheth | Nossaman LLP on 9/14/2012

Originally Published in American Bar Association Litigation News, September 14, 2012. In a unanimous decision that may lead to increased discovery disputes for trial courts, the California Supreme Court recently...more

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