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California Employment Law Update
Prevailing Employer Entitled To Recover Its Costs In Discrimination Case
By Tony Oncidi
Williams v. Chino Valley Indep. Fire Dist., 218 Cal. App. 4th 73 (2013) Loring Winn Williams sued the Fire District for disability discrimination under the California Fair Employment and Housing…
Drug & Device Law
Herrmann is Right (as usual): Do Direct Exams When You Defend Depo Witnesses
Eight times out of ten, the advice of "save it for trial" is flat-out wrong. Nine times out of ten, the person offering that advice has not done as many…
Drug & Device Law
On Litigation, Great and Small
By Bexis
The following post is exclusively the work of the Reed Smith side of the blog. Sometimes the smallest, least significant type of lawsuit can illustrate cracks in the edifice of the largest,…
Drug & Device Law
Earp Rulings are OK with Us
Many of our posts are inspired by attorneys who relay their latest wins to us. Since we make no bones about our intention of aiding and abetting the defense cause, it is…
Education Law Prof Blog
What About the Rural Districts?
By Derek Black
Several states like Nebraska, Wyoming, Tennessee and Wyoming, to name just a few, have seen school finance litigation on behalf of rural districts. Other states like North Carolina have included…
Larry Bodine Law Marketing Blog
BTI Forecasts Litigation to Surge in 2014
By Larry Bodine
2014 is shaping up to be a good year for litigators, according to The BTI Consulting Group of Wellesley, MA. Approximately 61% of clients expect to see a jump in…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
When does your case have to go to trial?
By Mike Helfand
I had a very nice call with a woman regarding her father’s case. She asked us to take it over which we declined because there was already a very significant…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Sheehan et al.: A Comparative Perspective on “Haves” and “One-Shotters”
Reginald Sheehan, Stacia Haynie, Kirk A. Randazzo, and Donald R. Songer have posted on SSRN their article, "Winners and Losers in Appellate Court Outcomes: A Comparative Perspective."Abstract:The question of who…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
UCLA Law Review Symposium Issue in Honor of Stephen Yeazell – Twenty-First Century Litigation: Pathologies and Possibilities
The UCLA Law Review's Volume 60 symposium issue isnow available. You can find links to the symposium contributions here. The current posts on UCLA LawReview’s Discourse continue the theme.
Labor Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit WCS Decision Exposes Unions to Sham Litigation Liability
Friend of the blog, Jon Harkavy, sent along a copy of an important Fourth Circuit case issued this week. He thinks the Blog's readers would be interested in reading it. …