This column discusses a decision by Senior District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn ordering disclosure of internal investigation documents and communications of a public relations firm; a decision by Chief Judge Gary L. Sharpe dismissing an appeal of a bankruptcy order because the notice of appeal was untimely; and a decision by Senior District Judge Norman A. Mordue dismissing a case because of bad service of process.
Internal Investigation
The high-profile reporting of sexual abuse allegations against a college basketball coach led to the coach’s wife bringing libel claims against ESPN. After the case survived a motion to dismiss, the wife moved to compel discovery of information relating to the college’s internal investigation of the abuse allegations and its communications with its public relations firm. In Fine v. ESPN,,1 Judge Kahn ordered that the materials must be produced.
