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La Revue
« Litiges, sinistres et réparations du préjudice – Quelle méthodologie » : un article collectif de Mikael Ouaniche, Guillaume de La Lagasnerie et Christian Hausmann
La revue Échanges a publié dans son numéro de février un article collectif de Mikael Ouaniche, Guillaume de La Lagasnerie et Christian Hausmann, intitulé «Litiges, sinistres et réparations du préjudice…
Class Action Countermeasures
Negotiation Studies – Cases on Both Sides
By The Editors
In honor of an approaching book deadline, I'm introducing a new feature. Most Wednesdays, there will be a brief piece here on negotiation strategy, pulled from a case study or…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
They’re Only Human, You Know
We are often struck by the human element and how it interacts with the institutional element of litigation. Schedules are packed, attorneys have many cases, court dates go unrecorded, attorneys…
LawSites
New Service Helps You Vet Expert Witnesses
Whether you are about to retain an expert witness or about to cross-examine one, you want to learn everything you can about the expert's experience and background. A new service,…
Employment Discrimination Report
“How would your practices stand up in court?”
We have repeatedly blogged that an employer must use its best practices to ensure that it does not get sued. Stay compliant. Train your staff and management. Have a zero-tolerance policy. Have an…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Fatal Error
Irony has little place in litigation, yet it abounds. In Perez-Faringer v Heilman ; 2010 NY Slip Op 09238 ; Decided on December 14, 2010 ; Appellate Division, Second Department…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Two Instances of Legal Malpractice with One Client
After a trial, All Town Real Estate Associates has won a two part legal malpractice judgment, now affirmed by the Appellate Division. In Island Props. & Equities, LLC v Cox…
China Law Blog
Suing Chinese Companies in China
By Dan Harris
In Business lawsuits in sharp increase, China Daily explains how lawsuits in China involving foreign companies are up ten percent in the last year. The article ascribes this increase to…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
BP Oil Spill Trial Delayed
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The first phase of the trial was supposed to begin tomorrow before Judge Carl Barbier of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. It's been delayed until…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Coleman on Summary Judgment
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Prof. Brooke Coleman (Seattle) has posted on SSRN a draft of her forthcoming essay, Summary Judgment: What We Think We Know Versus What We Ought to Know, which will appear…