Counsel has no ethical obligation to refrain from using inadvertently produced discovery if it is not clearly privileged, and disqualification is unwarranted if the produced discovery does not give counsel an unfair advantage in litigation.
Courts can have specific personal jurisdiction over foreign litigants if there is sufficient contact with the forum, even if negotiations occur abroad.
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health may subpoena records to determine whether Uber driver was an employee and investigate fatal workplace accident without first proving jurisdiction.
Counsel may be sanctioned under section 128.7 for filing a brief containing fabricated legal authorities, even where the inaccuracies come from generative AI or outsourced drafting to contracted attorneys.
Filing suit before satisfying the Government Claims Act’s claim-presentation requirements is considered a fatal defect, BARS RECOVERY COMPLETELY.