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Why Skipping Initial Disclosures Can Cost You the Case

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Litigators, take note—Rule 26(a) is not just a box to check in the early stages of discovery. Failing to comply with its initial disclosure requirements can have disastrous and expensive consequences, as U.S. Bank recently...more

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Article III and Rule 23: Fourth Circuit Holds That Individualized Article III Issues Preclude Class Certification

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For many causes of action, a plaintiff is required to establish an actual “injury” caused by the alleged violation of law. That requirement can be a powerful barrier to class certification if individualized factual inquiries...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Robin's quickie guide to motions to dismiss, summary judgment, and trial

What's the difference? There are three main ways for a defendant to bring a lawsuit to an end. Each involves a different level of proof – and of expense and hassle. It's better to get a lawsuit “disposed of” as early as...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

It’s not what happened, but why: First Circuit rejects conclusory, unsupported expert opinions

It is not uncommon for an opposing expert to opine that the existence of injury alone implies negligence, nor is it unusual to find that such opinions are supported only by general reliance on “literature” with no discernible...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Treating Physician’s Informed Consent Process and Decision-Making in Device Selection Lead to Partial Summary Judgment for Device...

A series of recent rulings out of the Southern District of Texas in an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter case reflect how well-planned discovery can lead to a successful multipronged summary judgment motion and can effectively...more

Jones Day

Florida Supreme Court Adopts Federal Summary Judgment Standard

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The Situation: The Florida Supreme Court considered whether and how to amend Florida's summary judgment rule to comport with the federal summary judgment standard, which is easier to satisfy. The Result: The Florida...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Amendment To Florida Rules Increases Likelihood Of Summary Judgment In State Court

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The Florida Supreme Court recently amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 (Summary Judgment), adopting the less restrictive federal summary judgment standard as articulated by the United States Supreme Court in Celotex...more

Burr & Forman

Florida Supreme Court Amends Summary Judgment Procedural Rule to Mirror Federal Doctrine

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Florida courts have required the moving party to “conclusively disprove” the nonmovant’s theory of the case in order to eliminate any issue of fact, whereas the federal doctrine permits the entry of summary judgment when...more

Rumberger | Kirk

New Year, New Florida Summary Judgment Standard

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It’s Time to Adapt Your Litigation Strategy to a More Flexible Summary Judgment Standard - On the final day of 2020, the Florida Supreme Court waived adieu to the past in two related decisions on the summary judgment...more

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Summary Judgment Is No Dress Rehearsal

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The standard for summary judgment is neither novel nor new. Most of us can recite it from memory: Summary judgment is warranted “if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is...more

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