Tag: Legal Opinions
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Privacy Expert Was Not Allowed to Opine on ECPA and SCA
Plaintiff sued Defendants for their purported involvement in unlawfully accessing and disclosing confidential financial information pertaining to him, and to others similarly situated to him, in connection with a state court case against Plaintiff’s accountant. As part of the discovery in that case, which involved claims against the accountant for contractual breaches and related business…
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Coal Industry Expert Allowed to Opine on Resale Damages
United Coal Company, LLC (“United Coal”) brought this action against Xcoal Energy and Resources (“Xcoal”), alleging that Xcoal failed to accept delivery of coal under two separate purchase orders. Emily Medine is United Coal’s expert witness on damages. Medine produced an expert report providing initial damages calculations, a rebuttal report responding to Xcoal’s expert, Fran…
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Pharmacy Expert Witness Barred from Offering Legal Opinions
This lawsuit arises from the State of Missouri enacting a law forbidding pharmacists from contacting a prescribing doctor or patient “to dispute the efficacy of ivermectin tablets or hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets for human use” unless the doctor or patient asks the pharmacist about these drugs’ efficacy first. A pharmacist who violates the statute by alerting…
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Court Excludes the Testimony of Finance Expert Witness for its inconsistency with GAAP Principles
This case involved Plaintiffs Fischler Kapel Holdings, LLC, Richard Fischler, and Paula Kapel (collectively “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Flavor Producers, LLC (“FPI”) and Jeffrey Harris (collectively “Defendants”). Plaintiffs filed a motion in limine to exclude the expert report and testimony of Defendants’ expert, Timothy S. Ramey. The Defendants engaged in a fraudulent scheme by providing false…
