Eastern District of Texas Latest Court to Criticize "Subject To" Language in Discovery Objections
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.
Noteworthy Trends from Cases Decided Under the Recently Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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...
Jennifer Weiers FitzGerald, Ashley F. Heintz, Elizabeth J. Marino, Irene Savanis Fiorentinos, Carmen G. McLean.
Texas Federal Court Declines to Apply State Law Privilege in False Claims Act Case
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.
Antitrust Alert: Fifth Circuit Upholds Verdict Against Steel Manufacturer in Steel Distributors' Per Se Illegal Group Boycott
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...
Joseph M. Cardosi, J. Bruce McDonald, Thomas R. Jackson.
Significant changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure expected to take effect December 1, 2015: practical implications and what litigators need to know
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...
Jennifer Weiers FitzGerald, Ashley F. Heintz, Irene Savanis Fiorentinos, Carmen G. McLean, Laura E. Ellsworth.
