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Discovery 101 – Court Sets Out Ground Rules to Resolve Discovery Dispute

E-Discovery LLC

5] “The rules also require objections to interrogatories and requests for production of documents to be made with specificity.” [6] 7] “Boilerplate objections are legally meaningless and amount to a waiver of an objection.” [8] 7] “Boilerplate objections are legally meaningless and amount to a waiver of an objection.” [8]

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Sanctions Denied Because of Lack of Prejudice, Despite Breach of Duty to Preserve Video

E-Discovery LLC

WMATA moved for summary judgment based on the lack of expert testimony. Moore claimed the missing video was objective evidence that “could corroborate or refute” the parties’ testimony, she offered no particularized evidence that the footage would have supported her claim. In response, Ms. Although Ms.

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Initial Disclosures Cannot Await Expert Opinions

E-Discovery LLC

In her answers to interrogatories, “Lively objected on a number of grounds including that the interrogatory prematurely sought information that was properly the subject of expert testimony and was an improper contention interrogatory….” In her written response to the request for production of documents, Ms. 354, 359 (D.

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Federal Circuit: District Court Properly Struck Expert Testimony that Failed to Apply Agreed-Upon Claim Construction

IP Watchdog

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential opinion affirming a district court order that struck parts of an infringement expert report and also granted summary judgment of non-infringement to Valve Corporation. Treehouse Avatar, LLC owns U.S.

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Relative Proportionality Argument Rejected

E-Discovery LLC

Wiegand objected. After setting out the boilerplate on scope of discovery and requirements for a protective order, the Court wrote: “The burden is on the party resisting discovery to explain specifically why its objections, including those based on irrelevance, are proper given the broad and liberal construction of federal discovery rules.”

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Evidence that can prove business losses due to legal malpractice

Newport Beach California Business Litigation Law B

Expert testimony: An accountant or financial analyst can provide an objective assessment of your losses. Thus, you must gather key evidence, such as: Financial records: Balance sheets and income statements can show the decline in business performance after the alleged malpractice took place.

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Stop reading depo transcripts! Please welcome Gibson.

The Cloud Court Blog

What litigation teams need is an extra intelligence that can ingest enormous volumes of testimony data, organize it, and “push” intelligence to you. It takes testimony – from raw deposition and trial transcripts – across one or many cases and converts it into useful, actionable analysis reports that litigation teams can readily consume.