Judicial Conference proposes proportional discovery through amendments to the FRCP *

USA - June 11 2013
For the first time in over twenty years, the Judicial Conference's Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure have approved for publication…

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Nothing goes better with Race Tires than . . . wine?! – Fourth Circuit limits taxable eDiscovery costs *

USA - May 8 2013
As we’ve discussed multiple times (see here, here, and here), the issue of what types of eDiscovery costs are taxable under 28 U.S.C. § 1920 was...

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Eighth Circuit rules equitable estoppel doctrine cannot be used to compel non-signatories to an arbitration agreement into arbitration *

USA - March 11 2013
Arbitration in the context of antitrust class action litigation continues to be a front and center issue for the federal appeals courts. (See this…

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What you don’t know about your discovery vendor can get you sanctioned *

USA - January 30 2013
A recent decision out of the Northern District of Illinois serves as an important reminder to all counsel relying on e-discovery vendors. In Peerless…

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Third Circuit warns against belated arbitration demands *

USA - December 5 2012
Parties should not “use federal court proceedings to test the water before taking a[n arbitration] swim,” the Third Circuit recently cautioned when overturning an Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s decision granting a motion to compel arbitration.

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