“Greenwashing” refers to the practice of making false or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of a product in order to represent it as more environmentally friendly than it actually is. Given consumers’...more
On June 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, holding long after a jury verdict that three quarters of a certified class of more than 8,000 Fair Credit Report Act (FCRA) class members lacked...more
7/8/2021
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Class Members ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
TransUnion ,
TransUnion LLC v Ramirez
The ninth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
3/3/2018
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronic Devices ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Fee-Shifting ,
FRCP 34 ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
FRCP 45 ,
FRCP 5.2 ,
In Camera Review ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privileged Communication ,
Proportionality ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Third-Party ,
Twitter ,
Work-Product Doctrine ,
Young Lawyers
In this issue, we cover two decisions granting motions to strike/dismiss class claims, three decisions denying such motions, 26 decisions denying class certification or reversing grants of class certification, 22 decisions...more
12/26/2017
/ CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Decertification ,
FDCPA ,
FRCP 26 ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion to Remand ,
Motion To Strike ,
Reversal ,
TCPA
The eighth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
10/25/2017
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bad Faith ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Default Judgment ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Document Destruction ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
ESI Format ,
Failure to Produce ,
FRCP 24 ,
FRCP 37 ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Inadvertent Disclosure ,
Meet and Confer ,
Motion to Compel ,
Native Format Data ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Prevailing Party ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Request for Production ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Text Messages ,
Work-Product Doctrine ,
Writ of Mandamus
The seventh edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses....more
6/30/2017
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Appeals ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bad Faith ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Failure To Preserve ,
FRCP 34 ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Honest Belief Defense ,
Motion to Compel ,
Native Format Data ,
Non-Parties ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Protective Orders ,
Public Disclosure ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Sealed Records ,
Search Terms ,
Spoliation ,
Subpoenas ,
Unduly Burdensome ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The sixth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses.
...more
3/9/2017
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Meet and Confer ,
Motion to Compel ,
Objections ,
Predictive Coding ,
Proportionality ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Text Messages ,
Undue Burden ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The fifth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, and discovery responses.
...more
10/14/2016
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Destruction ,
Document Productions ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Litigation Hold ,
Predictive Coding ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Stored Communications Act ,
Work-Product Doctrine
The fourth edition of The E-Discovery Digest focuses on recent decisions addressing the scope and application of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, spoliation, cost shifting and other e-discovery...more
6/23/2016
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Communications ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Costs ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
FRCP 37(e) ,
Internal Investigations ,
Order to Produce ,
Redaction ,
Request for Admissions ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Waivers ,
Work-Product Doctrine
This is the third edition of The E-Discovery Digest, a periodic publication on notable decisions relating to key discovery topics. It is designed to keep clients up to date on the evolving state of the law regarding discovery...more
2/19/2016
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bad Faith ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Disclosure ,
Discovery ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Sanctions ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Spoliation ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In This Issue:
- Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Decisions:
..Decisions Protecting Against Disclosure
..Decisions Ordering Disclosure Other
- Spoliation Decisions:
..Spoliation Sanctions...more
10/27/2015
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Common-Interest Privilege ,
Corporate Privilege ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Credibility ,
Depositions ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Disclosure ,
Discovery ,
Document Destruction ,
Document Productions ,
Document Retention Policies ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Internal Investigations ,
Litigation Hold ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Public Relations ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Testimony ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In This Issue:
- The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015
- Class Certification Decisions:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims
..Decisions Denying Motions to...more
6/17/2015
/ Breach of Contract ,
CAFA ,
Chamber of Commerce ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Damages ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Discovery ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Estoppel ,
FACTA ,
FDCPA ,
FRCP 23 ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Jurisdiction ,
Leave to Amend ,
Local Controversy Exception ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion To Strike ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Product Defects ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reasonable Person Test ,
Remand ,
Res Judicata ,
Rule 68 ,
SCOTUS ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015
In This Issue: -
- Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Decisions:
..Decisions Protecting Against Disclosure
..Decisions Ordering Disclosure
- Spoliation and Preservation Decisions:
..Sanctions...more
6/2/2015
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Contempt ,
Cost-Shifting ,
Depositions ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Document Destruction ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Duty to Preserve ,
e-Discovery ,
Metadata ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Public Disclosure ,
Sanctions ,
Spoliation ,
Technology-Assisted Review ,
Witnesses ,
Work-Product Doctrine
In This Issue:
- Nexium and the Problems of Overbroad Class Actions
- Class Certification Decisions:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike/Dismiss Class Claims
..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike/Dismiss...more
The most watched class action of the past year was the Glazer case — a rare occurrence of a consumer class action trial — which resulted in a defense victory. See In re Whirlpool Corp. Front-Loading Washer Prods. Liab. Litig....more
This is the sixth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
In This Issue:
- Avoiding Class Certification Through an Offer of Judgment
- CLASS CERTIFICATION DECISIONS:
..Decisions Granting Motions to Strike
..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike...more
This is the third edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
3/8/2014
/ Ascertainable Class ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Warranty ,
Burden of Proof ,
Butler v Sears ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
EFTA ,
FDCPA ,
Fraud ,
FRCP 23(b)(2) ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Indirect Purchasers ,
Injunctions ,
Motion To Strike ,
Negligence ,
Numerosity ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Removal ,
RESPA ,
Rule 68 ,
Securities Litigation ,
Standing ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
Unfair Competition ,
Whirlpool v Glazer