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January 10, 2012

Court Reduces Counsel's Rate for Mishandling Electronic Discovery

In Chen v. Dougherty [pdf], No. C04-987 (W.D. Wash. 2009), U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman granted,

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January 10, 2012

Court Orders Parties to Preserve Communications Shared on Social Media

In Beye v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey [pdf], No. 06-5337 (D.N.J. 2007),  U.S. Magistrate

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January 10, 2012

Court Rules that Party Must Either Produce Common Metadata or Label Production to Correspond with Request

In City of Colton v. American Promotional Events, Inc. (and related consolidated cases) [pdf], No. EDCV

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January 9, 2012

NLRB Strikes Down Arbitral Class Action Waiver

In D.R. Horton, Inc., 357 NLRB No. 184 (Jan. 3, 2012), the National Labor Relations Board, by a 2-0 vote,

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January 6, 2012

Conflict Discovery Post-Glenn: Court Allows Short Depositions to Proceed Based on Something Less Than Good Cause

By Deidre A. Grossman In Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved an

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January 6, 2012

IRS Revises Guidance on Form W-2 Informational Healthcare Coverage Reporting Under PPACA

By Sean D. Brown On January 3, 2012, the IRS issued Notice 2012-9, which restates and amends prior interim

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January 6, 2012

Court Holds No Obligation to Review Data in Unallocated Space Given Overly Broad Search Terms

In I-Med Pharma, Inc. v. BioMatrix [pdf], 2:03-cv-03677 (D.N.J. Dec. 9, 2011)(UNPUBLISHED), Senior District

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January 5, 2012

National Smoking Ban Enacted in Brazil

Brazil recently became the largest "smoke-free" country in the world, according to the Pan American Health

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January 5, 2012

SEC Issues Regulatory Timeline for Implementing Dodd-Frank Provisions

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published a chart outlining when it intends to issue

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January 4, 2012

Obama Makes Three Recess Appointments to the NLRB

On January 4, 2012, President Obama announced his intention to make three recess appointments to the

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