Litigation

Civil Justice

Jeffrey W. Jackson, Daniel L. Gardner, Kymberly Kochis, E. Berton Spence, Mary Massaron Ross | Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ)

Ross: I think we all know from experience and from simply reading the legal news that the class action mechanism and the world of litigation involving class actions are not balanced. So, LCJ has created a committee to start looking at that. Some of the discussion from the panel today comes out of...

Civil Justice

Matthew F. Knouff | Complete Discovery Source (CDS Legal)

Editor: Why is collecting information outside the U.S. for a discovery obligation inside the U.S. even an issue? Knouff: Generally speaking, this is an issue because of two fundamental differences between the U.S. and most all other countries. The first is the common law tradition as it...

Civil Justice

Ronni D. Solomon | King & Spalding LLP

Editor: Why should the scope of e-discovery be limited? Should it presumptively be limited to information available in the ordinary course of business? Solomon: The scope of e-discovery should be limited because the broad scope that exists right now combined with the incredible volume of ESI...