Two weeks before trial, the defense disclosed an expert opinion: “Mr. Williams [the plaintiff] presents one issue on appeal: whether the circuit court abused its discretion when it denied his motion to strike [defendant] Transdev’s supplemental expert designation.” Williams v. Transdev Services, Inc., 2025 WL 2416427 (Appl. Ct. Md. Aug. 21, 2025)(unreported).[1] […]| E-Discovery LLC
Golat v. Wisconsin State Court System, 2025 WL 2390556 (W.D. Wisc. Aug. 18, 2025), involved a motion to compel that was not prompt, not ripe, and not complete. The court wrote: Parties must allow a reasonable amount of time for the other side to address alleged discovery deficiencies. Waiting until the last […]| E-Discovery LLC
A pro se litigant unsuccessfully argued that (1) as a pro se litigant, she should not have been required to timely comply with all the rules; and, (2) she had requested and received an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to take “as much time as needed….” Chieffallo v. Morgan Properties […]| E-Discovery LLC
The standard for reopening completed depositions to address after-produced documents was explained in In re Sandisk SSDs Litigation, 2025 WL 2304805 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2025). The court stated that: “Plaintiffs move to reopen fact discovery to reopen three depositions of Defendants’ employees in light of Defendants’ belated production of documents that […]| E-Discovery LLC
Bloomberg Law reports that Meta Files for Appellate Relief to Bar Zuckerberg Deposition (Jul. 11, 2025). Mr. Ufonobong Umanah wrote that “Meta claims Ninth Circuit courts have split over apex doctrine.” He added: The presumption that CEOs get to avoid depositions—formalized under the apex doctrin| E-Discovery LLC
In Singleton v. Mazhari, 2024 WL 4644644 (D. Md. Oct. 30, 2024)(Austin, J.), non-party TEDCO’s blanket privilege and work product objections to a subpoena were denied; however, it lived to fight another day because the denial was without prejudice to file supported objections after a “meet and confe| E-Discovery LLC
In 1968, the movie “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave” was released. Like Dracula, despite being long since buried, boilerplate “general objections” keep popping up in what sometimes looks like the children’s game of “Whac a Mole.” It is difficult to understand why the message about boilerplate “| E-Discovery LLC
