Sentences with phrase «discovery abuse»

I have written many blogs regarding how to handle discovery abuse by opposing counsel.

Obtained a $ 20 million compensatory damage award, a six - figure award of sanctions for discovery abuses against the Defendants and counsel, and a recommended $ 10 million award of punitive damages.

The Innovation Act features a provision that helps end discovery abuse.

What's implicit in Zenex is what's become the judicial tool for controlling perceived discovery abuse: the proportionality rule.

As a result of plaintiff's contentious discovery disputes and unethical discovery abuses, the trial court denied the plaintiff's request to depose the human resource representative.

Doug also manages ILS data mining initiatives producing for our clients» analysis on missing custodians, potential discovery abuse, efficacy of search terms, and various other data analyses.

In March 2000, she obtained substantial sanctions against a national manufacturer and its attorneys for discovery abuses in a product liability case — a decision that has received statewide and national attention.

First, the bill punts on proposals that would limit discovery abuse.

As the costs of e-discovery escalate, corporations are under increasing pressure to comply with new e-discovery rules and judges are less tolerant of discovery abuses.

The plaintiffs lawyers obtained a ruling for sanctions for discovery abuse; the court was ready to strike DuPont's pleadings and encouraged the company to settle the case.

A frequent speaker on topics including trial strategy, expert witnesses, product liability, and accident reconstruction, Mr. Craft has appeared on television, radio, and in several major newspapers across the country discussing distracted driving, discovery abuse by defendants, vehicle rollovers, roof crush, seatbelts, child restraint systems, airbags, back - over deaths, and other litigation topics.

Ending discovery abuse is just one of the ways the Innovation Act stops patent trolls.

Nor is «a discovery abuse so extreme as to be literally unheard of in this Court.»

An award for discovery abuse sanctions must follow certain procedures, and an order that an attorney pay an amount without any finding of discovery abuse did not cut the cake correctly.

The Innovation Act offered important changes: heightened pleading, fee shifting, transparency, ending discovery abuse, and end - user protections.