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Non-Party Law Firm Ordered to Provide Defaulting Client’s Affidavit to Support Claim of Client’s Privilege

E-Discovery LLC

Mr. Riffle then served a subpoena on a law firm “seeking effectively all documents in the firm’s possession regarding EAG.” The court wrote: “The subpoena may be facially invalid in that it seeks production to an email address instead of a physical location…. Emphasis added]. emphasis added).

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No Privilege Log is Necessary in Limited Circumstances When Discovery Requests Are Overbroad

E-Discovery LLC

The individual defendants issued a sweeping subpoena to a non-party, the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP). Both Mr. Hall and MAIP objected to the subpoena on a number of bases. The subpoena sought all of MAIPs information from 2005 to 2023. During a meet and confer, MAIP refused to provide a privilege log. at *4, 6. [1]

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It's Cut, Not Action, As Judge Dismisses Justin Baldoni's Lawsuit Against Blake Lively

Practice of Law

Liman ruled that Lively's claims of sexual harassment made at the California Civil Rights Department against Baldoni were protected by the litigation privilege, which immunized her legal assertions from defamation actions. In May 2025, Baldoni attempted to subpoena music superstar Taylor Swift. Judge Lewis J. So, No Sequel?