The Reed Smith Life Sciences Health Industry Group (LSHI) recently released their “Winter 2015/2016 Webinar Course Offerings,” which once again features timely webinars and in-person programs on a wide variety of topics. Upcoming events include: January 19, 2016 – Webinar: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Best and Worst Prescription Drug/Medical Device January 24, … Continue Reading
In changes that have been five years in the making, amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure go into effect today, December 1, 2015. Two major amendments have received much attention and analysis. The first is the addition of an express proportionality requirement to Rule 26(b)(1) regarding the Scope of Discovery, and the second … Continue Reading
This post was written by David R. Cohen and Caitlin Gifford. On Friday, February 24, New York Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck issued an opinion and order in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group, 11 Civ. 1279 (ALC) (AJP) (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2012), the first documented case to recognize predictive coding as an … Continue Reading
This post was also written by Steven B. Roosa. On May 29, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a lengthy and noteworthy ruling regarding the discovery of “electronically stored information” or “ESI.” The court held that the defendants waived the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine with respect to 165 separate … Continue Reading