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Copyright Office Issues NPRM Governing CCB Counterclaims and Related Discovery Requests

IP Watchdog

The proposed rule changes would impact how respondents in CCB actions can assert counterclaims arising out of previous contractual agreements between parties to the action, as well as document production requests related to those counterclaims.

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Another Cinderella Situation –Motion Denied as Untimely?

E-Discovery LLC

Defendants counterclaimed. This case is, in part, a trade secret case involving alleged misappropriation of source code, so requests seeking production of source code and related data are an expected part of discovery…. The court proceeded to resolve a number of other discovery issues. In Fiskars Finland OY AB v.

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Protecting Public Expression

WA Bar News

While the courthouse doors may remain open in the first instance to nonmeritorious lawsuits, the anti-SLAPP procedures allow a defendant to bring the matter to resolution through an early motion before much (if any) discovery is conducted. The scope of discovery is left to the trial court pursuant to the Civil Rules. 2d 1001 (2024).

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Proportionality and Labeling ESI Productions

Joshua Gilliland

The Court noted that many of the Defendants’ discovery requests were improper omnibus requests where no effort was made to tailor the discovery request to the issues in the case. Binders in Everlaw grouping discovery responses. Kissing Camels, at *5-6. I like setting up issue coding to correspond to each request for production.

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Alternate Pathways: Your Questions Answered

WA Bar News

Art assured them he could win the suit and would gain them two years by asserting every counterclaim he could think of and dragging out discovery as far as the court would allow. Becky and Clyde told Art they were in the middle of a business deal and did not want the lawsuit to destroy it.

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Trump vs. Stephanopoulos Defamation Lawsuit Moves Forward After Judge Denies Dismissal

Practice of Law

District Judge Cecilia Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida has denied ABC's motion to dismiss, allowing the case to proceed to discovery and potentially trial. When Carroll I resumed, Trump counterclaimed that Carroll had defamed him by continuing to assert that he had raped her. In January 2024, a jury awarded Carroll $83.3