Discovery & ESI

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Suzuki Motorcycle Corp. v. Winckler

August 26, 2021

Florida Supreme Court amends Florida Rules of Civil Procedure to codify the apex doctrine and apply it to private as well as government officers, simultaneously discharging jurisdiction over the...

Buchanan v. General Motors, LLC

May 6, 2021

Georgia Court of Appeals holds that it lacks authority to adopt the “apex doctrine,” which protects corporate CEOs without unique relevant knowledge from abusive and unnecessary discovery. The US...

In re ExxonMobil Corp.

February 10, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus letter urging Supreme Court of Texas to grant mandamus and allow discovery into prices and practices of medical providers who have entered into protective...

In re K&L Auto Crushers, LLC and Thomas Gothard Jr.

February 10, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus letter urging Supreme Court of Texas to grant mandamus and allow discovery into prices and practices of medical providers who have entered into protective...

Mosley v. DaVita, Inc.

October 21, 2020

South Carolina Supreme Court dismisses as improvidently granted appeal from discovery order. The U.S. and South Carolina Chambers had submitted an amicus brief urging the Court to clarify the...

Buchanan v. General Motors, LLC

October 15, 2020

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Georgia Court of Appeals to adopt the apex-deposition doctrine, which protects corporate CEOs without unique relevant knowledge from abusive and unnecessary...

Mosley v. DaVita, Inc.

June 30, 2020

U.S. and South Carolina Chambers file amicus brief urging South Carolina Supreme Court to clarify that, in some circumstances, interlocutory appeals can be brought against abusive discovery orders...

Actavis Holdco U.S., Inc. v. Connecticut

June 15, 2020

Supreme Court denies certiorari, letting stand a discovery order that requires production of tens of millions of irrelevant, sensitive files matching extremely broad search terms, without any...

In re: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.

April 15, 2020

Sixth Circuit grants defendant pharmacies’ mandamus petition, striking plaintiffs' untimely added claims and halting related nationwide discovery. The court held and repeatedly emphasized that...

Suzuki Motorcycle Corp. v. Winckler

March 19, 2020

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Florida Supreme Court to adopt the apex-deposition doctrine, which protects corporate CEOs without unique relevant knowledge from abusive and...