THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY:
A trial court’s $850,000 sanction against a non-party corporation for not properly educating its corporate representative pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was recently affirmed...
How Can a Fish Not Be a Tangible Object?
Many are aware of the recent U.S. Supreme Court case of Yates v. United States, 2015 WL 773330 (2/25/2015) (a/k/a the “Fish Case”), in which the Court in a narrow...
FLORIDA BAD CHECK STATUTE
In dealing with a bounced the harmed party in many instances will utilize the provisions of what people generally describe as the Florida Bad Check statute, Fla. Stat. § 68.065...
Facts are Facts
The U.S. Supreme Court just issued an interesting opinion dealing with the standard of review of trial court decisions. In Terra Pharm. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., 2015 U.S. LEXIS...
“MUST” MEANS MUST — SANCTIONS FOR IMPROPER CERTIFICATION UNDER FED.R.CIV.P. 26(g)
Under the federal discovery rules all requests, responses and objections must be signed by counsel and the signature operates as a certification that the disclosure or response is complete and...