Elizabeth J. Betta

Supreme Court to Address Standard for Challenges Investment Adviser Fees under the Investment Company Act
Elizabeth J. Betta, John A. Freedman, Scott B. Schreiber, Richard P. Swanson, Michael D. Trager, November 3, 2009
On November 2, 2009, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Jones v. Harris Associates L.P., No. 08-586, a matter concerning claims under Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 against a mutual fund investment adviser alleging that the adviser breached its fiduciary...

Recent Decisions Limit "Usual Course" Production under Rule 34
Leslie Wharton, Michael A. Johnson, Elizabeth J. Betta, April 16, 2009
To minimize the expense and burden of responding to large-scale document requests, savvy litigants often invoke their option under Rule 34 to produce documents "as they are kept in the usual course of business," rather than "organiz[ing] and label[ing] them to correspond to the...