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Litigation
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South Florida Trial Practice
Costs Awarded to Party Recovering Judgment, Not Prevailing Party
By David Greene
In my last post, I discussed the Second District Court of Appeal’s recent analysis of a joint Offer of Judgment served on a general contractor by property owners in a…
The Contingency
Lawyer-Firing, Judge-Vexing Defendant Regains Control of Assets
If you want to jam a stick in the spokes of the turning wheel we call litigation, how do you get the most bang for your buck? Here's how: You…
Global Media and Communications Watch
The US Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Litigation Risk
By A.J. Burton
Michele Farquhar and Mark W. Brennan authored an article for the December 2012 issue of E-Commerce Law & Policy. Titled “The US Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Litigation Risk,” the article highlights a number…
Toronto Estate Law Blog
Bizon Estate: Executor Ordered To Personally Pay Other Executor’s Costs
In its recent decision in Bizon Estate, 2012 ABQB 605, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta considered circumstances in which a personal conflict between two executors delayed the administration…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
“Rambo” Lawyers Are Out There
In the lawsuit business, we have to deal with "difficult" people on occasion. Its just part of the business. Molly DiBianca has written about the "Rambo" litigators - those lawyers…
Antitrust Advocate
Third Circuit Warns Against Belated Arbitration Demands
By Carey Busen
Parties should not “use federal court proceedings to test the water before taking a[n arbitration] swim,” the Third Circuit recently cautioned when overturning an Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s decision granting a motion to…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Polinsky & Shavell on Costly Litigation
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professors Mitchell Polinsky (Stanford) and StevenShavell (Harvard) have posted on SSRN a draft of their article, CostlyLitigation and Optimal Damages. Here’s the abstract:A basic principle of law is that damages…
TortsProf Blog
“Tort Litigation and Juries: By the Numbers”
The Center for Justice and Democracy at New York Law School has published "Tort Litigation and Juries: By the Numbers." The briefing summarizes recent statistical analysis of tort filings,…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs : LXBN November 29, 2012
Lots of major topics covered in today's roundup: Antoinette Konski provides an updated on the gene patenting cases (she and fellow Foley & Lardner attorney Courtenay Brinckerhoff have covered that…
Tom Mighell
Blawg of the Day – Persuasive Litigator
By Tom Mighell
The blog Persuasive Litigator "aims to provide litigators and other devotees of legal persuasion with practical tips and innovative litigation strategies spanning pretrial and trial phases for jury, bench and…