Discovery Hearing Rescheduled by Congress

12/1/2011   On December 13 the U.S. Congress will listen to testimony regarding forthcoming e-discovery-related additions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This will be the first such hearing since 2006 when the rules were last updated. The hearing, which is entitled “The Costs and Burdens of Civil Discovery,” was originally set for November […]

Law School Asked by Maryland Governor to Drop Lawsuit

12/1/2011   The legal tussle between the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law environmental clinic and Maryland lawmakers reignited this week then a harshly worded letter was sent by Gov. Martin O’Malley to Dean Phoebe Haddon. In his letter, the governor called the involvement of the clinic in the lawsuit an “ongoing […]