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MS Litigation Review & Commentary
MLR Investigative Report: What Happened to All the Miss. Litigation Attorneys?
For the past few years, the staff at Miss. Litigation Review has noticed a decline in the number of litigation attorneys in Mississippi. Many wind up practicing in Nashville. But…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Why Six Illinois Workers Lost Their Work Comp Trials
By Mike Helfand
Every month I receive a publication called the "Illinois Workers' Compensation Law Bulletin." Essentially it highlights recent cases that have gone to trial and often we can use these cases…
A Winning Tip
Higher Cause Themes Lead to Greater Success
There’s a reason why case themes of “greed” – be they launched at corporate defendants or over-reaching plaintiffs – work so well with juries. Fundamentally, jurors prefer the moral high…
ContractsProf Blog
Fact-Checking the Snopes Lawsuit
You, like me, might often resort to Snopes to weed through what's true and what's not in the avalanche of information we're exposed to every day. (My most recent Snopes…
The Relativity Blog
How to Build an e-Discovery Practice at Your Law Firm: 7 Steps to Start Your Proposal
By Relativity
With the growing amount of data and increasing complexity in litigation, law firms are changing the way they handle e-discovery. Many are building or expanding e-discovery practices within their firms,…
Food Safety News
Beef beef: NCBA chief’s remarks spur R-CALF to seek debate
By Dan Flynn
The chief executive of the nation’s oldest and largest cattle industry association thinks a competing group is in bed with radical activists who want to “undermine the beef industry.” Kendal…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
An Injury During Gounod’s “Faust,” at the Met, Prompts Litigation, Unusual New York Legislation
New York City attorney Harvey Mars, who works with the Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802, has reported on an unusual development in workers’ compensation. Under the New…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
WSJ Journal Reports on Decline in Tort Lawsuits
Tuesday's WSJ article by Joe Palazzalo about the decline in tort lawsuits is a must read for litigators. Here are just some of the facts and factors listed in the…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Super Lawyer Rene Sigman Joins Merlin Law Group in Texas
By Chip Merlin
Rene Sigman first came to my attention in 2008 at a Hurricane Ike hearing in Galveston. I told Javier Delgado that "this lawyer has her act together." I then watched…
Lancaster Law Blog
Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Program Aims to Help Save Time and Money
Two of the most common complaints I hear as a litigation attorney are “why is it so expensive” and “why does it take so long.” Part of the answer to…