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Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
What Does Spano v. Boeing Foretell About the Future of Excessive Fee Litigation (and about the Future Ruling in Tibble As Well)?
Tom Clark, who writes the excellent Fiduciary Matters Blog, gave me either a late Christmas or an early New Year's present when he forwarded me, last week, the district court's…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Kansas Man Sues Edward Snowden
An 89-year-old Topeka man, Horace Edwards, filed a lawsuit in December against Edward Snowden and film makers involved in the making of the documentary "Citizenfour," which follows the events surrounding…
Food Poison Journal
National Law Journal Honors William Marler as Litigation Trailblazer and Pioneer
By Bill Marler
Welcome to the premier issue of Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers, a special supplement developed by the business arm of The National Law Journal. In the pages that follow, you’ll read…
Business of Law
LXBN Leaders: For Philip Thomas, Blogging Is the Perfect Legal Outlet
Philip Thomas’ blog started with a simple goal: a way to raise his profile without going to the networking events. A self-described “introvert,” Thomas knows that networking lunches and receptions…
Mass Tort Defense
Judicial Hellholes Report Released
By Sean Wajert
The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual Judicial Hellholes® report this week, naming courts in New York City, California, West Virgi
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Rosenberg & Spier on Class Actions
Now available on the Journal of Legal Analysis website is David Rosenberg and Kathryn Spier’s article, Incentives to Invest in Litigation and the Superiority of the Class Action. Here’s the…
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Environmental Safety and Health Practice Receives National First-Tier Rankings by the US News and World Report
The Squire Patton Boggs Global Environmental, Safety & Health Practice Group has been named among the nation’s best law firms for “Environmental Law” and “Litigation: Environmental” by the US News…
Arbitration Nation
First Circuit Finds Plaintiff Waived Right to Arbitrate by Litigating for 9 Months
By Liz Kramer
We haven't had a good waiver case in a while. The First Circuit served one up last week with a flourish, teaching me multiple new words in the process (not…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Case Management Order No. 13 Entered in Eastern District of New York Hurricane Sandy Litigation
By Shane Smith
A few weeks ago I provided an update on the Eastern District of New York Hurricane Sandy Litigation and Case Management Order No. 12. On December 2nd, the Court entered…
Louisiana Law Blog
The Safe Harbor Rule of E-Discovery: Rule 37(e) Governs Consequences of Failure to Preserve Discoverable ESI
By Kean Miller
Rule 37(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, also known as the “Safe Harbor Rule” of electronic discovery, governs the consequences of a party’s failure to preserve discoverable Electronically…