Reason

Court Allows Plaintiff to Proceed Pseudonymously, Without Disclosing Name to Defendant

From Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal's decision in N.D. Human Rights Coalition v. Patriot Front, which was handed down under seal early this year and was then released (with modest redactions) in ...

Diversity (the Civil Procedure Kind) and Self-Identification

From Judge Gerald McHugh's opinion Friday in Sherman v. American Ass'n of Suicidology, Inc. (E.D. Pa.), an interesting illustration ...
USA Today

The Tools Plaintiffs and Defendants Are Increasingly Using At Lawsuit Settlement

When the parties to a lawsuit come to an initial agreement on the terms of a financial settlement, it’s easy to think that the attorneys’ hard work is done. The truth is, that agreement act kicks off ...
Law

Arguing Class Actions: Criminalizing the Plaintiffs—Defendants’ Tactical Discovery Attacks on Class Representatives

Discovery in civil litigation is intended to give all parties fair access to the evidence necessary to litigate the claims and allow for the trial to proceed on a full record of all the relevant ...
Law

Attorney Fee Award in Case Where Defendant Frustrated Plaintiff’s Discovery Efforts

Attorney Fee Awards—Plaintiff’s Work To Compel Discovery—Defendant Frustrated Plaintiff’s Discovery Efforts for Two Years—Courts Consider, Inter Alia, Time and Labor Required, Complexity of Questions ...
The National Law Review

Plaintiffs, Not Defendants, Must Initiate Arbitration

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
HousingWire

Plaintiffs respond to brokerage defendants’ motions to dismiss Batton 2 suit

A little over a month after the Batton 2 commission lawsuit defendants filed motions to dismiss the suit brought by homebuyers in Illinois, the plaintiffs have shot back. According to the plaintiffs’ ...