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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

PURPOSE OF ANTI-SLAPP LAWS The purpose of anti-SLAPP laws is to prevent litigants from suing and threatening suit as a means of stifling speech on issues of public concern. It allows a defendant to bring an early summary judgment motion before conducting lengthy and expensive discovery. Expression Prot. Act prefatory note intro.,

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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 *3-4, 7-9. Kissing Camels, at *5-6.

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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. Months later Art was contacted by Bank wanting to retain him to evaluate the effect of the litigation against Becky and Clyde for their business financing.

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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