USA - June 21 2017
The Eastern District of Texas recently criticized a party's statement in its written discovery responses that it would produce documents "subject to"…
Deborah Savarese Sloan, J. Laurens Wilkes, William R. Taylor.
USA - September 6 2016
The December 1, 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were designed to expedite substantive resolution of issues and curtail…
Ashley F. Heintz, Carmen G. McLean, Elizabeth J. Marino, Irene Savanis Fiorentinos, Jennifer Weiers FitzGerald.
USA - June 27 2016
The Eastern District of Texas reminded practitioners that it is an uphill battle to use a state law privilege as a shield in qui tam False Claims Act…
J. Laurens Wilkes, Jane W. Walker.
USA - December 18 2015
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $156 million jury verdict against a U.S. Gulf Coast steel manufacturer accused of conspiring with…
J. Bruce McDonald, Joseph M. Cardosi, Thomas R. Jackson.
USA - September 25 2015
On April 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court approved and submitted to Congress proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("FRCP" or…
Ashley F. Heintz, Carmen G. McLean, Irene Savanis Fiorentinos, Jennifer Weiers FitzGerald, Laura E. Ellsworth.