On Wednesday, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia issued a fourth sanctions order against a local medical records company defending against allegations that it lied to the federal government, slamming the defendant's Big Law counsel.
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Although such arrangements have grown in popularity over the last decade, they also raise questions of whether the documents underlying the relationship—or materials shared with a funder—are discoverable. Although states like Georgia have considered legislation seeking to mandate disclosure of funding arrangements, courts across the country vary in how they resolve discovery disputes.
"How is it that you destroy the thing they're looking for and then argue that it wasn't relevant?" Appellate Judge Wade Padgett asked the defense. "Because they have no way of knowing if it was relevant, because you destroyed it.
Victoria-based small egg producer Doreen Eggs has been fined $39,600 over alleged false or misleading claims that its eggs were free-range. The business has admitted to selling eggs labelled as ‘f...