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Labor & Employment Law Blog
California Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Prevailing FEHA Defendants To Recover Their Costs
By Evan Mix
Under section 1032(b) of the California Code of Civil Procedure, “a prevailing party is entitled as a matter of right to recover costs in any action or proceeding” unless some…
Financial Services Observer
Jennifer Gray to Speak at ACI’s 21st National Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation
By Greenberg Traurig, Aimee Wildstone
Jennifer Gray, shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, will participate in the American Conference Institute’s 21st National Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation from July 27-28. Jennifer will be speaking…
Discovery Advocate
Preparing for the December 2015 Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The package of changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure presents a powerful opportunity to cut litigation discovery costs, risks and burdens – particularly for skilled legal advocates and…
Education Law Prof Blog
Maryland’s Governor Diverts School Funds: Will Litigation Follow?
By Derek Black
Last week Maryland’s governor, Larry Hogan, announced that the 68 million dollars allotted by the state legislature for education would go to the state pension fund instead. Hogan’s plan for…
Venture Law Blog
Hooli is suing Pied Piper (Episodes 9 and 10) <em>continued</em>
Last post I mused that had Richard taken certain steps in the first season of Silicon Valley, he might now have ammunition to use against Hooli’s lawsuit. What am I…
The Contingency
Tips on Interviewing Fact Witnesses, Part 2
Nuts and bolts, part two Last time, we went over how to set up and get ready for an interview of a fact witness. Now we get to the main…
Energy & the Law
Lipsky Revisited – Details and Debate
I often wonder if anybody actually reads our modest, quasi-weekly offerings. They do! And they respond! To criticize! I earn my keep being “critiqued” by impatient judges, aggressive opposing counsel and, occasionally, less-than-happy clients, so…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
An Interesting Look Back at the Ford Pinto Case
By joetort
I want to point out an interesting article by Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker that looks back at the litigation surrounding the Ford Pinto case. Although the article talks…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Supreme Court: California Employers Face New Challenge In Recovering Post-Litigation Costs
On May 4, 2015, the California Supreme Court ruled that a prevailing defendant in a California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) lawsuit can only recover ordinary litigation costs if…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
“Kleiner Tells Pao: Drop Case or Face $1 Million Legal Bill”
By John Kang
From Bloomberg Business:Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers offered to drop its bid for legal costs after defeating Ellen Pao’s gender bias claims if she forgoes an appeal.The…