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Litigation

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Real Lawyers Have Blogs July 26, 2013
Litigation strategy, alcohol law, legal malpractice and securities: The LexBlog Network grows by four publications
As we at LexBlog wrap up a little early and head to midsummer barbecue on what feels like the 20th consecutive clear and sunny Seattle summer day, it's time to…
Litigation & Trial July 19, 2013
When Does A Lawyer’s Demand Letter Become Extortion?
By Max Kennerly, Esq.
Conventional legal wisdom holds that 95% of lawsuits settle. Is that true? Maybe not, according to this 2009 analysis, but it’s clear that most civil disputes are indeed resolved by…
Food Poison Journal July 16, 2013
Marler Clark Files Second E. coli Lawsuit Against Lombard Mexican Restaurant
By Bruce Clark
Seattle-based Marler Clark and Chicago-based Newland & Newland filed a second E. coli lawsuit yesterday against Los Burritos Mexicanos on behalf of a man who claims to have fallen ill…
Sentencing Law and Policy July 6, 2013
Accounting for the high costs of a lingering death row in Connecticut
By Douglas Berman
Main July 6, 2013Accounting for the high costs of a lingering death row in ConnecticutThis local article from the Nutmeg State, headlined "Taxpayers' Costs Top $3.5 Million For Death Row…
TortsProf Blog July 3, 2013
Culhane on Bullying and Litigation
By Christopher Robinette
John Culhane (Widener) has posted to SSRN Bullying, Litigation, and Populations: The Limited Effect of Title IX. The abstract provides:During the past few years, the problem of school bullying has…
Litigation & Trial July 1, 2013
Could Paula Deen’s Lawyers Have Prevented Her Deposition Disaster?
By Max Kennerly, Esq.
About two weeks ago, a deposition Paula Deen gave in the midst of an employment discrimination lawsuit became public. To say she burned her roux would be an understatement. I’ll…
Labor Law Prof Blog June 30, 2013
Garden on Non-Labor Litigation by Unions
By Workplace Prof
Charlotte Garden (Seattle U.) has just posted on SSRN her article (forthcoming Tulane L. Rev.) Union Made: Labor's Litigation for Social Change. Here's the abstract:Unions are key repeat players before…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog June 25, 2013
Mass-Tort Litigation Declines in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
From The Legal Intelligencer: The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, recently a hotbed for mass-tort litigation, may have seen its mass claims drop by 70 percent in 2012. But that…
NJ Family Legal Blog June 20, 2013
You Know You Are Getting To the Good Part of a Deposition When the Adversary Starts Obstructing the Deposition
By Eric S. Solotoff
Back in the day, depositions could be wild shootouts, with numerous objections and arguments littering the record. Many years ago, New Jersey, as did many other jurisdictions amended the court rules…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog June 15, 2013
Constitutional Litigation Structured as a Skills-and-Doctrine Course
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Clinical Professor Sarah Ricks of Rutgers-Camden has published Current Issues in Constitutional Litigation. Thebook is part of the Context and Practice Casebook series and she uses it to teach a…