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www.delawarelitigation.com (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
The Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan et al., v. Banc of America Securities, LLC, et al., 2010 WL 184312 (S.D.N.Y.). This decision, by the author of the Zubulake decision, which established several e-discovery standards, is subtitled "Zubulake Revisited: Six Years Later". This is the most important recent decision on e-discovery. We did a short highlight on the...
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www.delawarelitigation.com (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
The Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan et al., v. Banc of America Securities, LLC, et al., 2010 WL 184312 (S.D.N.Y.). This decision, by the author of the Zubulake decision, which established several e-discovery standards, is subtitled "Zubulake Revisited: Six Years Later". This is the most important recent decision on e-discovery. We did a short highlight on the...
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www.delawarelitigation.com (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
The Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan et al., v. Banc of America Securities, LLC, et al., 2010 WL 184312 (S.D.N.Y.), read amended opinion here. Kevin Brady, a nationally-recognized expert in electronic discovery, prepared this short overview. For those who follow the case law dealing with electronic discovery, there is a new a “must-read” decision that was just...
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www.delawarelitigation.com (Free subscription) | 01/31/2010
Brinckerhoff v. Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Co., LLC, C.A. Nos. 2427-VCL, 4548-VCL (Del. Ch. Jan. 15, 2010), read opinion here . Kevin Brady and Ryan Newell of the Connolly Bove firm prepared this synopsis. In a consolidated matter, the Court of Chancery approved a settlement and reduced the request from plaintiffs’ counsel for fees and expenses from $19.5 million to $10 million for two...
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www.delawarelitigation.com (Free subscription) | 01/31/2010
NewRadio Group LLC v. NRG Media LLC, et al., C.A. No. 4951-VCL (Del. Ch., January 27, 2010), read letter decision here . Kevin Brady, a highly regarded Delaware litigator, prepared this synopsis. In this Court of Chancery decision, Vice Chancellor Laster struck language from a proposed confidentiality stipulation because he found the language to be “overbroad” and an “invalid prior...
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Amspecblog (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Out of the ubiquitous analysis of the State of the Union speech is this from Rep. Kevin Brady, Texas Republican, as reported by the Washington Examiner: [Brady]...said Obama's White...
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davos (Free subscription) | 01/24/2010
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner faces tough hearings next week before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. But will any of the Congress members take him to task for his own role in creating last year's financial crisis? Geithner refuses to take responsibility for "the legacy of crises you've [that is, the Republicans] bequeathed this country," as he told Rep. Kevin Brady...
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The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 01/22/2010
Representatives Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Dan Boren (D- Oklahoma) are tired of Obama’s punitive tariff on Chinese tires. They called for a government report on the economy-wide effects of the measure, Reuters reports. “I am concerned that the administration’s tire tax will cost us jobs in the United States and raise prices for tires for hardworking [...]
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davos (Free subscription) | 01/21/2010
Geithner's Lifelong Love of Bailouts by Mark A. Calabria Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner faces tough hearings next week before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. But will any of the Congress members take him to task for his own role in creating last year's financial crisis? Geithner refuses to take responsibility for "the legacy of crises you've [that is, the Republicans]...
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www.delawarelitigation.com (Free subscription) | 01/17/2010
In Re The Dow Chemical Company Derivative Litigation , Cons. No. 4339, (Del. Ch., Jan. 11, 2010), read opinion here . Kevin Brady and Ryan Newell of the Connolly Bove firm prepared this synopsis. On January 11, 2010, a year after a major corporate battle between the Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) and Rohm & Haas Company (“ROH”) regarding a $19 billion merger, Chancellor Chandler...
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Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 01/05/2010
4th Annual Sedona Conference Institute Program on Getting Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve to be Held March 25-26 in Philadelphia The Sedona Conference announces that registration is now open for the fourth annual Sedona Conference Institute Program, entitled Getting Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve, to be held at the Westin Philadelphia Hotel on March 25 and 26, 2010. The faculty for conference will feature...
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Desert Beacon (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
Word is that the GOP, Senator Ensign (R-NV) included, would like very much to sustain their narrative that the Democrats are "weak" on national security issues. Too bad, because there's now a vote on record of who did, and did no t, vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security for FY 2010. H.R. 2892: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 enacted 10/28/2009 Passed the...
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www.delawarelitigation.com (Free subscription) | 12/30/2009
Francis Pileggi and Kevin Brady have written an article highlighting the "Top 5" key corporate and commercial cases for 2009 from Delaware's Chancery Court and Supreme Court . The article, available here , first appeared in the Delaware Law Weekly. Their article about the top corporate and commercial cases in Delaware for the first six months of the year was published in the ABA's Business...
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www.delawarelitigation.com (Free subscription) | 12/26/2009
A battle for control of Trans-Resources, Inc. (“TRI”) is interrupted by findings of contempt and spoliation of evidence resulting in severe sanctions. Unfortunately like many litigations in recent years, disputes on the merits can get overshadowed by e-discovery disputes. Prime examples include some of the most memorable e-discovery cases – Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, Qualcomm Inc....
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 12/26/2009
Power Line - The Climate Change Scam: A Concise Summary In the wake of Climategate, common sense deniers like to say that there is lots of other evidence for global warming, in addition to that which has been debunked by the East Anglia whistleblower. Actually, however, the scientific evidence for AGW is remarkably weak. At Icecap , Lee Gerhard, geologist and reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel...
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angelads | 06/13/2008
Kevin Brady is just thankful to be drafted, no matter where it was. All spring he was told he was a third-round talent by Major League Baseball scouts, but the right-handed Gaithersburg pitcher still didn’t know where he would be selected this past weekend. The night before the draft, the Red Sox called his home and said they would draft him in the third round if he would accept their signing bonus.