While at LegalTech on Tuesday, I picked up a free copy of the New York Law Journal, just for the sheer novelty of reading it in newsprint. One item that caught my eye was an account of WebMD LLC v. RDA International Inc., No. 102830/08, 2009 WL 175036 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 6, 2009). (Click here to go to the … Read More
Reader Melvin told me about this item on Lexology by Jeffrey P. Drummond of Jackson Walker LLP. It’s about how the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the lower court in a qui tam action brought by a doctor against a hospital under the False Claims Act. At issue was the relationship between the hospital and an anesthesiology group that … Read More
Included in the extensive comments to my recent post “Language Requiring Deletion of Electronic Files” is a comment by Michael Fleming to the effect that it’s appropriate to impose on a party receiving confidential information an obligation to destroy all electronic versions of that information, regardless of whether that’s in fact possible to do. Michael suggested that whether the party … Read More
