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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUS Decision on Sanctions for Bad-Faith Litigation Conduct
Today the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger. Justice Kagan’s opinion begins:In this case, we consider a federal court’s inherent authority to…
TortsProf Blog
Lewis on Tort Tactics
Richard Lewis has posted to SSRN Tort Tactics: An Empirical Study of Personal Injury Litigation Strategies The abstract provides:This article reveals some of the tactics which lawyers may use when…
In-House Ops
Bringing E-Discovery In-House: It can make sense, but a legal department should carefully assess how much to do
By Martin Smith
By Matthew Cohen, Michael Prounis and David White / AlixPartners LLP There was a lot of talk this year at LegalTech about corporate legal departments bringing e-discovery in-house. The purported justifications…
The Right Coast
United we sue: Lawyer tells media, “Could have happened to any one of us” – Hot Air Hot Air
You bet there will be a lawsuit at the end of this unless United and Chicago head one off. If United Airlines is smart, they ll settle this as fast as…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
NYLJ: Court Appointed Referee Sides with Paul Napoli
As the New York Law Journal announced on its front page, “referee appointed by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Eileen Bransten ruled in favor of …Paul Napoli in a dispute over the…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Workshop for Corporate & Securities Litigation (UCLA Law School, Oct. 20-21, 2017)
Below is the call for papers for the Fifth Annual Workshop for Corporate & Securities Litigation, which will be held at UCLA School of Law on October 20-21, 2017. The…
Tax Controversy 360
Acting IRS Chief Counsel appoints new Deputy Chief Counsel (Operations)
The Acting Chief Counsel announced that effective April 1, 2017, Drita Tonuzi will serve as the Deputy Chief Counsel (Operations), in Washington DC. In this position, Ms. Tonuzi will provide…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Engstrom on Retaliatory RICO and Tort Litigation
Nora Freeman Engstrom has posted on SSRN her article, Retaliatory RICO and the Puzzle of Fraudulent Claiming, 115 Mich. L. Rev. 639 (2017). Here’s the abstract:Over the past century, the…
Lancaster Law Blog
Teaching Computers Not to Forget Could Cut the Costs of Litigation
We trust our computers to handle our to-do lists and calendars because they never forget, right? While computers are good at remembering what we tell them (and a big thank…
Craft Beer Law Prof
Buck the Trend: Don’t Let Brewery-on-Brewery Litigation Become the Norm
Maybe it’s too late. Every day when I go through my craft beer news cycle (thanks @BrewersAssoc, @CraftBrewingBiz, et al.), I seem to be reading more and more about…