Topic
Litigation
3,336 published works
Virgin Islands Law Blog
Don’t Mess With Texas (Judges)
In the life of every litigator, there are days where your pleadings go unchallenged, your motions are granted with the compliments of the court on your fiercely cogent reasoning, and…
Health Law Prof Blog
Perspectives on ACA Challenges
Two more of our esteemed colleagues have posted their views on the recent 11th Circuit decision: Bill Sage, here, Tim Jost, here. [NPT]
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Offer of Judgment Strategy in Defending FLSA Cases Takes A Beating!
Two years ago, I made an Offer of Judgment in a collective action FLSA case where the named plaintiff refused the Offer, which then allowed me to make a motion…
Food Poison Journal
Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Outbreak (9 dead, 700 ill) Revisited
By Bill Marler
The New England Journal of Medicine today published an article profiling the investigation into the 2009 Peanut Corp. of America Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. The outbreak killed 9 and sickened more…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The Dangers of Being a First Year Associate
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
As reported by the WSJ Law Blog, "New York City lawyer Gregory Berry has sued his former firm for more than $75 million, claiming the firm fired him for exhibiting…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Klerman on Litigation Selection in Thirteenth-Century England
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professor Daniel Klerman (University of Southern California) has posted on SSRN a draft of his article, The Selection of Thirteenth-Century Disputes for Litigation. Here’s the abstract:Priest and Klein's seminal 1984 article…
Drug & Device Law
Make ‘Em Pay
By Bexis
We've complained before about the horrendous - and more than that, almost entirely one-sided - expense of ediscovery in prescription medical product liability litigation. It just seems to be getting…
Business of Law
David Boies on Asking One Question Too Many
There was an interesting interview of famed litigator David Boies in today's Wall Street Journal. Here is the article. Boies is known for being very talented and somewhat eccentric when…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
David Boies on Asking One Question Too Many
There was an interesting interview of famed litigator David Boies in today's Wall Street Journal. Here is the article. Boies is known for being very talented and somewhat eccentric when…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Do Your Students Think Discovery Is Boring?
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
From Elie Mystal (Above The Law) comes the story Beverly Hills Brawl: Escape From The Deposition Room! It begins:Have you ever been to a deposition that got physical? Maybe some…