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In re Netbank – Confidential Witness Interrogatories

By The Editors on January 25, 2011
Posted in Discovery

Plaintiffs in securities class actions often use "confidential witnesses" in their complaints to substantiate various allegations. The practice makes some sense at the complaint stage: it allows the plaintiff to plead fraud and loss causation with the specificity required by the PSLRA, without exposing potential witnesses to backlash from their employer should…

Fighting Fishing Expeditions, Part II: The Prima Facie Objection

By The Editors on January 28, 2010
Posted in Discovery

Since I first wrote about fighting fishing expeditions, Google has sent a number of readers to the blog looking for “fishing expeditions discovery” or “deny class certification discovery abuse.” (It also sent one reader looking for “botulism,” which I’m proud to say is not available here.) Clearly, fighting fishing expeditions in class actions is…

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