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Should Discovery be Stayed Pending Ruling on Dispositive Motion?

E-Discovery LLC

31, 2025), the court denied defendants request to stay discovery pending a ruling on defendants motion to dismiss the complaint. On the other hand, a stay of discovery pending the resolution a potentially dispositive motion furthers the goal of efficiency for the courts and the litigants. Event Tickets Center, Inc., cleaned up).

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Five Key Points from the Invasion of Privacy Lawsuit Against OpenAI

IP Watchdog

District Court for the District of Northern California, for allegedly stealing private information from millions of internet users.

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Cross-Motions to Compel in Employment Lawsuit

E-Discovery LLC

1] The Court resolved cross-motions to compel. The Cooper Court also ordered discovery of a cell phone providers text message log as a useful cross-check on the completeness of discovery. As the Court noted at the hearing, text messages and other communications play a prominent role in Plaintiff’s complaint.

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No Sanctions for Resetting Two Cellphones on Facts Presented; and, Social Media Posts Supported Dismissal

E-Discovery LLC

The Auxiliary received a complaint from a member of the public about LinkedIn posts that she perceived as sexist, racist, and inappropriate. 1] The Coast Guard Auxiliary is organized under federal statute and members may be disenrolled for cause. Wenzler held a leadership and management position. I will deny the motion for sanctions.

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Musk, dogecoin investors go yet another round with post-dismissal sanctions motions | Reuters

Securities Docket

A Manhattan federal judge may have thought he’d heard the last of a securities class action by dogecoin investors who accused Elon Musk and Tesla of rigging the price of the cryptocurrency when he tossed investors’ fourth amended complaint in late August. Oh how wrong he was.

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Can Lawyers Accept Gifts From Clients or Give Gifts to Clients?

Practice Panther

It’s probably happened to many attorneys: upon receiving a gift from a client, it crosses your mind — is this ethical to accept? e) restricts attorneys from providing financial assistance to clients in connection with litigation, with narrow exceptions. On the other end of the question, is it ethical to give a gift to a client?

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Divorce Complaint Stricken and Testimony Precluded as Discovery Sanction

E-Discovery LLC

The action was pending on cross-complaints for limited and absolute divorce. Wife noted that Husband’s refusal to provide discovery had been a continuing problem throughout the litigation. Ferko , 2024 WL 3221108 (Apls. Wife requested that the court sanction Husband by precluding him from presenting evidence at trial.

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