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Litigation
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North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Fee-Shifting, And Other Pending Bills In The North Carolina General Assembly Affecting Litigation
A losing plaintiff would be liable for the defendant's attorneys' fees if a bill introduced this month in the North Carolina Senate becomes law. Other pending bills of interest to…
Legal Profession Blog
Relis on Perceptions of the Civil Litigation Process
Posted by Jeff LipshawTamara Relis, whom I met at the 2007 Faculty Recruitment Conference, has two pieces of good news. First, she's joining the faculty at the Touro Law School…
Legal Profession Blog
No Civil Claim Based On Tough Deposition Questioning
The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against an attorney and her law firm by the opposing parties in litigation based on allegations of deposition…
International Law Prof Blog
Litigation Before the U.S. International Trade Commission
The John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law (“RIPL”) has just published a special symposium issue on Litigation Before the International Trade Commission. You can view this issue by clicking…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Sets Aside PHLX Sanction for Member’s Refusal to Pay Litigation Expenses
The SEC set aside an order of fees, expenses and sanctions imposed by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. against Richard B. Feinberg. The PHLX had ordered Feinberg to pay $464,418.51…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Debbie Ausburn of Youth Services Litigation Blog: LexBlog Q & A
Having a narrow, niche focus for your blog can make it easier to establish yourself as an authority on a subject. But it also means that it can be hard…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Panel on New Book, Regulation by Litigation, by Andrew Moriss, Bruce Yandle, and Andrew Dorchak
By joetort
The Federalist Society is hosting a panel on the new book, Regulation by Litigation (Yale Univ. Press 2008), co-authored by Professor Andrew Morriss (Illinois), Professor Bruce Yandle (Clemson, Economics Dep't),…
Legal Profession Blog
Financial Realities Of Protracted Litigation
In an opinion and recommendation finding no ethical violations in the representation of a client in a divorce case involving substantial assets, an IIlinois Hearing Board rejected all allegations of…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Trial Is An Expensive Way To Get Your Pound of Flesh
I just completed a 10 or so day trial (really a binding arbitration). Why did it take so long? Were there complicated valuation issues? No. Complicated alimony issues? No. Custody…
New York Injury Cases Blog
What are the Expenses I’ll be Charged in my Personal Injury Case?
Most personal injury case retainer agreements provide for a one-third legal fee contingent upon a recovery (by verdict or settlement) and will include language something like this: The percentage fee…