Sometimes, when discovery in a commercial case has been a mess, a party that imposes unusual roadblocks upon an adversary can successfully shield from the court most of the scuffling that caused consternation. Miriam Equities, LLC v. LB-UBS 2007-C2 Millstream Road
Discovery in a complex commercial case can feature its fair share of mayhem, particularly where it includes a large document production. Yet, where parties plan and execute information exchanges with reasonable diligence, the Business Court typically affords considerable latitude. That’s consistent with the ethic of the Court’s discovery rules – “designed for the parties to
In a dispute among the members of a dissolved soccer gear company, the Business Court flashed a “red card” on litigants who professed full compliance with discovery requests but missed that goal by at least several hundred documents. Kixsports, LLC v. Ryan Munn, et al., 2019
Considering whether to add a Chapter 75 claim to your breach of contract dispute? If you don’t have substantial aggravating circumstances, resist the urge and don’t assert the Chapter 75 claim. In a recent order, Judge McGuire made clear that asserting an unjustified Chapter 75 claim may get you sanctioned.
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It started out like a typical Business Court case: a company filed suit against its former employees (and their new company) and asserted claims for things like breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets. The plaintiff also filed motions for a temporary restraining