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New York Commercial Division Practice
Check the Rules Part IX: More Procedural Particularities of Practicing in the Commercial Division
As readers of this blog have come to appreciate, we here at New York Commercial Division Practice tend to report on -- among other things Commercial Division -- the procedural…
Clouse Brown Blog
Keith Clouse on Litigation: ‘I Can Generally See a Path to Resolution’
With almost three decades as a lawyer under his belt, Clouse Brown name partner Keith Clouse has learned how to get his clients from Point A (dispute) to Point B…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Litigating In The Press Can Be Dangerous
Sometimes lawyers believe that they can affect the climate of litigation by getting a little press attention. This may work on occasion, but can wreck a case as well. Barr v…
California Employment Law Update
The Cost of PAGA to Small Businesses (Los Angeles Times op-ed)
A small business owner wrote an op-ed piece for the Los Angeles Times, explaining how the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) hurts employees as well as employers - and primarily…
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES
Costs, Probate, Section 998: Insurance Company Controlling Litigation Is De Facto Party Under Probate Code, Liable For Litigation Costs Under Rejected CCP § 998 Offer
Because Insurance Company Controls The Litigation, Court Looks Past "Legal Fiction" That Decedent's Estate Is The Party. Amanda Meleski was injured when Albert Hotlen ran a red light and collided…
New York Commercial Division Practice
Technology-Enabled Courtrooms Coming to the Commercial Division
Tired of printing hundreds of thousands of documents and carrying numerous boxes of documents to court? The New York Commercial Division has heard your cry. The New York Law Journal reported…
The Capital Commitment
2018 Annual Review and 2019 Outlook Highlights Private Equity Fund Litigation Risk Areas
By Timothy W. Mungovan, Michael R. Hackett, Brian A. Hooven
In our recently released 2018 Annual Review and 2019 Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds, we note that innovative market disruptors, a maturing credit cycle,…
In Solvency
When Bankruptcy Is Used to Halt State Court Litigation
This week, a electricity supplier, Starion Energy, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and the case is pending before the Honorable…
California Employment Law Report
What is mediation?
Parties involved in litigation should always keep an open mind about mediation at every stage of litigation. Cases that resolve without having to go through a trial or arbitration can…
Lawyerist
Making the Most of Attorney Advertising with Court Data
By Josh Blandi
Complying with all of your state bar’s attorney advertising regulations can be difficult enough. But even after you meet that burden, you then have to ask yourself, “who do I…