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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Facebook and Subject Matter Jurisdiction: With Friends Like These…
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Earlier this summer, Paul Ceglia filed a lawsuit in a Buffalo, New York state court claiming he’s entitled to an 84% stake in Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg, the defendant and Facebook…
Virginia Community Association Law
Will Sleeth and Liz White Quoted in Virginia Lawyers Weekly Magazine on HOA Collections
By Will Sleeth
Will Sleeth and Liz White were recently quoted in a Virginia Lawyers Weekly magazine article reporting on the challenges that associations and their attorneys face when attempting to collect unpaid…
Pennsylvania Law Monitor
To Sue or Not to Sue: Determining when bringing suit is worth the time and expense – and when is it an expensive exercise in futility – Part 1
As most people are aware, litigating can be an expensive, time consuming, and unpleasant experience. I find that an important part of competently counseling clients or prospective involves helping them…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Spottswood on Live Hearings, Paper Trials
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Prof. Mark Spottswood (Northwestern) has posted on SSRN his article Live Hearings and Paper Trials. Here’s the abstract:This article explores a constantly recurring procedural question: When is fact-finding improved by…
Food Poison Journal
Salmonella Lawsuit Filed by Marler Clark on Behalf of Ohio Victim of Taco Bell Salmonella Outbreaks – Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and Wisconsin Lead the Illness Count
By Bill Marler
An Ohio victim of the Salmonella outbreaks linked to Taco Bell filed a food poisoning lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas of Scioto County, Ohio today. The lawsuit was…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Dolak on Attorney Misconduct in IP Litigation
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professor Lisa A. Dolak (Syracuse University College of Law) has posted "Lawyers Acting Badly, or Not? Misconduct in IP Litigation: Recent Examples and the Issues They Raise" on SSRN. The abstract…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Kritzer & Drechsel on News Reporting of Civil Litigation
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professors Herbert M. Kritzer (University of Minnesota Law School) and Robert E. Drechsel (University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Journalism & Mass Communication) have posted "A Portrait of Local News…
New Jersey Law Blog
YAZ® Mass Tort Litigation Ordered To File Master Consolidated Complaint
The parties involved in the YAZ® Mass Tort litigation have been ordered file a Master Consolidated Complaint ("Master Complaint"). The Master Complaint will supplement the Complaints that have been filed…
Law People
Decision-Making on Trial: Are We Promising More Than We Can Deliver?
By Ronda Muir
A new book out this year entitled Beyond Right and Wrong: The Power of Effective Decision Making for Attorneys and Clients by Randall Kiser analyzes 11,306 attorney-client decisions in actual…
NJ Family Legal Blog
The Value of Simultaneous Submission of Expert Reports
We are nearing trial in a case where the value of a business is at issue. While in many cases, my personal preference would be to have my own expert, as…