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Litigation
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Product Liability & Mass Torts Blog
California’s Prop 65 Amendments One Year Later: Litigation Trends and What to Look Out For
By Emilie McGuire, Alex Garel-Frantzen, Jeffrey D. Skinner
Over the past 10 years, the number of private Proposition 65 actions against businesses have nearly quadrupled from 604 in 2009 to 2,364 in 2018. Additional Prop 65 regulations on…
Central New York Injury Lawyer Blog
Why Words Matter to This Syracuse New York Personal Injury Lawyer
As a New York personal injury lawyer, I know that words are weapons. When I prepare to try a personal injury lawsuit, I arm myself with word-weapons I will parade…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Standing, Capacity, and Necessary Parties in Trust Litigation
Frank N. Ikard, Jr & Adam Herron recently published an Article entitled, Standing, Capacity, and Necessary Parties in Trust Litigation, 11 Tex Tech Est Plan Com Prop LJ 255 (2019).…
Tilting the Scales
Recapping the Results of Litigation-Related Bills from the Texas Legislature
By Drew York
Now that the 86th Texas Legislative Session is over, it’s time to review what happened to proposed legislation we highlighted earlier this year related to civil litigation that may affect…
Family
Joshua Wallis: Lessons Learned From the Stage for Court
By Miles Mason
Joshua Wallis presenting at the firm’s Lunch & Learn series. On July 19, 2019 the Miles Mason Family Law Group welcomed Attorney Joshua Wallis of The Landers Firm for a…
China Law Insight
新近最高法院关于无效合同恶意抗辩的裁判倾向
By King & Wood
恶意抗辩，是指当事人违反诚信原则，而针对对方的请求提出抗辩（王利明《合同法研究 第一卷》，中国人民大学出版社第三版，第635页）。恶意抗辩在我国民事诉讼法上虽无明文规定，但其已包含在民事诉讼的基本原则——诚实信用原则之中。其通常被认为是滥用诉讼权利的行为，同时也违反了禁反言的法理，应受诚实信用原则的规制。
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Overcoming Insurer Delay, Deny, Defend Tactics – A South Jersey Success Story
Back on March 29, 2019, every attorney in the Merlin Law Group Red Bank office attended the “Protection Gap in Property Insurance” seminar that was hosted by Professor Jay M.…
Exterro's E-Discovery Breakdown
Be Prepared! Don’t Show Up to Your Rule 26(F) Meet-and-Confer With Nothing But a Boilerplate
At Exterro's inFusion conference this week, one of the themes that cropped up several times was the importance of preparation and precision, both in crafting discovery requests and in objections.…
China Justice Observer
Can Trade Secrets Be Protected from Disclosure in Chinese Courts?
By Meng Yu
By Meng Yu & Guodong Du Chinese courts are studying how to protect the parties’ trade secrets from disclosure during litigation. Research by the courts of Jiangsu Province shows that there are still…
Insurance Coverage Law in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Appeals Court holds that Supplementary Payments Provision does not include coverage for award of attorney’s fees or most costs
By Nina Kallen
When I started practicing law I was puzzled by Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d), which provides that after judgment "costs shall be allowed as of course to the prevailing…