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What's New in the Courts

June 9, 2017

Magistrate Judge Limits Discovery of E-Mails and Text Messages to Those Directly Relevant to Employment Claims on Proportionality Grounds

Written by Steve Herman
June 1, 2017

Duties Owed by Appointed Counsel to MDL Litigants Whom They Do Not Formally Represent

Written by Steve Herman
May 30, 2017

U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Order to Reimburse Plan and to Pay Attorneys Fees, Rejecting Participant’s Challenge to ERISA’s Written Instrument Requirements

Written by Steve Herman
May 30, 2017

U.S. Fifth Circuit Holds that Expert Testimony is Necessary to Establish Defective Lifeline Cable Claim under the LPLA

Written by Steve Herman
May 11, 2017

ABA Issues Formal Opinion re Securing Communication of Protected Client Information over the Internet

Written by Steve Herman
May 9, 2017

U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Class-Wide Damages Model, Reverses Certification of Fraud Claims, and Remands for Further Consideration of Pot. Waiver Issue and Its Pot. Effect on the Question of Adequacy

Written by Steve Herman
May 8, 2017

U.S. Fifth Circuit Finds Attorney’s Promissory Note to Former Client Non-Dischargeable Where Attorney Violated Rule 1.8(h)

Written by Steve Herman
April 18, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Reverses $2.7 Million Discovery Sanction Against GM Where Not Causally Related to the Misconduct

Written by Steve Herman
April 13, 2017

District Court Judge in Northern District of Ohio Compels Defendant to Write Computer Program to Extract Relevant Information

Written by Steve Herman
March 22, 2017

U.S. Third Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment on Preemption in Fosamax Litigation

Written by Steve Herman