You Can’t Make a Federal Case out of Spoliation
By Michael Roundy – October 23, 2019 The proper remedy for spoliation is a motion for sanctions in the underlying case.
Pretrial Practice & Discovery
The Pretrial Practice & Discovery Committee is dedicated to enhancing the substantive knowledge of its members about a wide range of Pretrial Practice & Discovery issues, including legislative proposals, rule changes, and recent court decisions.
Recent Practice Points
Five Tips for Deposing Testifying Experts’ Non-Testifying Collaborators
By Nancie Marzulla – October 23, 2019 | Attorneys can use written discovery and depositions to make the case for deposing a testifying expert’s undisclosed “hand-in-glove” collaborators.
Articles
Do State Anti-SLAPP Laws Apply in Federal Court?
By Ashley J. Heilprin – November 7, 2019 | The Fifth Circuit's approach to Texas's anti-SLAPP law provides a recent and important example of how the substance-procedure distinction can have practical consequences.
Trademark Owners in the World of the GDPR
By Christopher Binns – November 7, 2019 | Litigants should prepare for important changes coming to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1.
Sound Advice Podcasts
Demystifying Doc Review, E-Discovery, and Data
Jeffrey Licitra and Ernest Quarles begin by comparing e-discovery software to paper review practices to better understand how reviewer coding creates data. They describe one example of how that user-created data can be copied to Excel to generate a meaningful insight into an investigation.(10:24min.)
5 General Tips for Writing to the Court from the Perspective of a Federal Law Clerk
Effective legal briefs often must persuade not only the judge, but the judge's law clerk. Timothy Hughes provides five valuable legal writing tips from the perspective of a former federal clerk. (5:45 min.)
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Events & CLE
Nov
13
2019 Women in Litigation Joint CLE Conference
CLE 825 min
The conference will highlight women leading for success in the courtroom, in the judiciary, and in the profession. You'll have the opportunity to learn from litigators from across the nation and netw…
Jan
29
Events | In-Person
2020 Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts, and Products Liability Litigation Committees' Joint Regional CLE Program
CLE 540 min
The 2020 Joint Regional CLE Program will cover cutting edge litigation topics that impact environmental & energy, mass torts, and products liability practice areas over the course of three days in Sn…