A good friend of mine went to Bishkek for work and came back with beautiful pictures and told me he had a great time. The closest I have ever been to the Kyrgyz Republic, however, is Laghman Express in New
Litigation in the Kyrgyz Republic
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Comments on Recent Cases: October 2025
Image credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween#/media/File:Greenwich_Village_Halloween_Parade_(6451249051).jpgPart of my work involves reading court decisions to keep abreast of how judges decide the types of cases I handle. Below, I share some thoughts on recent decisions.Litigation News Published My Column About Judges’ Use of AI
An Update on Discovery to Aid Litigation Outside of the United States
A lot of my work is for clients with connections outside of the United States. And many people outside of the United States ask me about the unique system of discovery that our country has. Not many places enable a
The Clerk's Office
People imagine a lawyer spending time arguing in front of a judge, but a big part of a lawyer’s job is standing at a window in the clerk’s office or on the phone, politely asking a government employee to file
Litigation in Egypt
Egypt has long been a famous center of culture and commerce. And so I was really excited to visit when I had the chance to go in 2008. Unfortunately, I got there just a few thousand years too late to
Comments on Recent Cases: September 2025
Image credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_Jimmy_Kimmel_Live!#/media/File:Jimmy_Kimmel_June_2022.jpgPart of my work involves reading court decisions to keep abreast of how judges decide the types of cases I handle. Below, I share some thoughts on recent decisions.I Wrote a Column About the Ethical Duty of Competence
More Thoughts on Courtesies to Adversaries
I wrote a blog post five years ago about the practice among litigators to be nice to each other and give each other extensions when requested. With another five years’ experience, I update the post with the following additional thoughts:
More Thoughts on Commercial Courts
Five years ago, I wrote a blog post about the specialized commercial courts that some jurisdictions maintain, directing some commercial disputes to different judges than the ones that hear a wide variety of other disputes. I write to update the
Earning Clients' Trust
Hiring a lawyer can be hard because doing so requires that a client place her trust in someone she may not know very well. Lawyers have a reputation for being dishonest, and many people do not have close friendships with
Gathering and Preserving Evidence in Litigation in Argentina
In an earlier post, I interviewed Patricia Veronica Castaño about litigation in Argentina. During our interview, I learned that there is no pre-trial exchange of evidence in Argentine litigation, but that there can be early evidentiary proceedings. I was