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Litigation
3,343 published works
Antitrust Advocate
Collusion Course: The Limits of Hot Documents
By Lee Simowitz
Discovery in antitrust cases often involves a search for smoking-gun documents. Those documents can consist of emails proving that competitors conspired to raise prices, removing the difficulties faced by prosecutors…
Food Poison Journal
Deli Closed and Lawsuit Filed – Marler Clark Retained as Boise Health Department Links Salmonella Cases to Co-op
Deli Closed "We are voluntarily closing our Deli due to the salmonella outbreak investigation currently underway with the Central District Health Department (CDHD)," the co-op wrote on its Facebook page.…
Game Counsel
Rogue Witnesses (Silicon Valley, Episode 17)
In Episode 17, Hooli’s lawsuit appears to be nearing its end – with Hooli poised as the apparent victor. In Episodes 9 and 10 the show had positioned the case…
Life Sciences Legal Update
Texas Legislature Passes Two Bills Affecting Personal Injury And Wrongful Death Litigation
By Lisa Baird
Two bills recently passed by the 84th Texas Legislature, HB 1692 and SB 735 have the potential to affect businesses at risk of personal injury and wrongful death litigation in…
Food Poison Journal
Pork Carnitas in Kenosha Test Positive for Salmonella – Third Lawsuit Filed
By Patti Waller
According to news reports, Pork carnitas sold at Supermercado Los Corrales in Kenosha, Wisconsin during Mother’s Day weekend have officially been identified as the source of the Salmonella outbreak that…
Notice of Appeal
A Recent Idaho Supreme Court Decision Shows the Care Litigants Must Take to Adequately Present Their Case at Trial and on Appeal
The Idaho Supreme Court recently issued an opinion that reveals the critical importance of case preparation. See Hilliard v. Murphy Land Company, LLC, No. 42093-2014 (May 21, 2015). In Hilliard,…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Thornburg on Schwartz on Litigation and Organizational Introspection
Now available on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is an essay by Beth Thornburg entitled Discovery and Self-Improvement. Beth reviews Joanna Schwartz’s recent article, Introspection Through Litigation, 90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1055…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Moore on the Civil Caseload of the Federal District Courts, Revised and Published
Over a year ago, I reported the posting of a draft of my article, The Civil Caseload of the Federal District Courts. It has now been revised and published in The University…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
House Bill to Amend Rule 11 Reported Out of Committee
H.R. 758, the so-called “Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015,” was reported out by the House Judiciary Committee on May 14, 2015. The bill would return to the pre-1993 era by:Making sanctions…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
The Melcher Replica Kitchen
Sometimes a cigar is simply a cigar, and sometimes plaintiffs have to produce wildly expensive trial props. In Melcher v Greenberg Traurig LLP 2015 NY Slip Op 30855(U) May 18, 2015…