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Preparation Is Everything: Commercial Division Advisory Council Proposes New Model Pre-Trial Order for Trials in the Commercial...

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Regular visitors to this blog no doubt are aware that the rules of practice for the Commercial Division are centered on innovation, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and predictability.  This includes the rules governing trial...more

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Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe: Commercial Division Protects Corporate Client Communications Under the Common-Interest Doctrine

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The attorney-client privilege is an old and well-known evidentiary privilege. It fosters candor between attorney and client, protects confidential information from being revealed to others, and ensures that the attorney can...more

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10 Steps to Better Managing Mass Tort Litigation

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From the now decades old asbestos litigation to pharmaceuticals and product liability cases to the newly developing PFAS or “forever chemical” lawsuits, mass tort litigation has increasingly become the tool of choice by which...more

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered

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Under Section 216.1(a) of the Uniform Rules for Trial Courts (“Section 216.1(a)”), courts are authorized to seal documents “upon a written finding of good cause, which shall specify the grounds thereof.” Section 216.1(a)...more

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Discovery Sanctions Alert: Failure to Include Withheld Items on Privilege Log Lands Party in Hot Water

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Commercial Division Rule 11-b governs a party’s obligation to produce a log of documents withheld on the basis of privilege.  Enacted in 2014, Rule 11-b substantially streamlines the privilege log process by encouraging...more

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