WTK Connect
This blog provides updates and important insights about products liability, commercial, and consumer litigation. It aims to educate our audience on the developments in these areas as well as to provide the audience with unique perspectives from seasoned defense attorneys. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Federal Judge Grants Class Certification, But Denies Certifications as to Plaintiff’s Strict Liability Claims
Jan 25, 2016 | Topics: Class Actions, Product Liability
A United States District Judge for the Southern District of California certified a nationwide class and a subclass of California consumers in November 2015.
Continue reading... - Objections Not Waived Due To Service Of An Inadequate Or Untimely Privilege Log, Or Even A Failure To Serve One All Together
Jan 25, 2016 | Topics: Business Litigation, Product Liability
The California Court of Appeal recently held that timely, albeit boilerplate, objections based on the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine are adequate to preserve those objections, and a trial court lacks authority to order those objections waived based on a responding party’s failure to serve an adequate privilege log, a timely privilege log, or any privilege log at all.
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