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Litigation
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Consumer Finance Monitor
This week’s podcast: Consumer financial services litigation: Looking back at 2020 and ahead in 2021
After discussing the pandemic’s impact on 2020 litigation, we share our expectations for 2021, including pandemic-related and other types of claims most likely to be alleged in private litigation and…
TortsProf Blog
Kaplan on Defending Compensation
Yotam Kaplan has posted to SSRN In Defense of Compensation. The abstract provides:In recent years, tort victims in the U.S. have been finding it increasingly difficult to secure compensation through the…
New Jersey Legal Pulse
Rise of the Machines: Facial Recognition Technology Heralds Upswing in Litigation
A New Jersey man’s false-arrest suit is part of a growing wave of litigation over facial recognition technology, and observers say more suits are coming. […] Litigation over the Illinois facial…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Tomorrow’s Webinar Will Include Discussion of the Most Interesting Cases of 2020: eDiscovery Webinars
By Doug Austin
Sure, there was a court slowdown last year, but that doesn’t mean there were no interesting cases. In fact, there were as many as ever! Our January monthly EDRM webinar…
PrawfsBlawg
Call for papers: Antitrust Law Journal symposium
Main Friday, January 22, 2021Call for papers: Antitrust Law Journal symposium The Antitrust Law Journal seeks article proposals for a symposium on U.S. antitrust institutions. The symposium will focus on…
The Velvet Hammer
Trial Day 4: Anticipating the Defense – and a judge's smackdown (not of me)
Trial day 4October 15, 2020 Did I tell you that Steve F. got in trouble yesterday. Almost enough to satisfy me. But not quite.In the middle of damages opening. Tell the…
Zalma on Insurance
Assignment of Right to Sue Insurer of Tortfeasor Valueless
By Barry Zalma
Insurance Contracts Must Be Read as They are Written People injured in an accident where the tortfeasor’s insurer refuses to provide a defense or indemnity have two choices: (1) rely…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
What 2021 will see in litigation trends: Canadian Law Awards winner Linda Plumpton of Torys LLP
COVID-19 fallout already resulting in claims against nursing homes, airlines, and for failed mergers
Employment & Labor
EEOC Update: The Commission Issues New Litigation Delegation And Amicus Curiae Procedures
By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 14, 2021, the EEOC approved and issued newly updated procedures regarding its…
LawSites
Everlaw’s New ‘Storybuilder’ Bridges the Gap from Discovery to Trial Prep, with Collaborative Creation of Chronologies
By Bob Ambrogi
The e-discovery and litigation technology company Everlaw has introduced a new standalone toolkit, Storybuilder, that bridges the gap from finding relevant documents in discovery to collaboratively creating a narrative around…