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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. An amended pleading re-triggers the 60-day period. RCW 4.105.020(2). Thurman , 29 Wn.