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Business and Commercial
Leading Legal Innovation, The Change Agenda and Legal On Ramp
By Patrick Lamb
I began my legal career before I went to law school. In 1978, after graduating from college, I joined Kirkland & Ellis. I was a "project assistant" and was paid by…
Litigation & Trial
$120 Million In Hourly Billing For A Single Trial: What Happened In Robertson v. Princeton?
The blog "How Appealing" has plenty of links on the $90 million settlement of the donor-intent suit brought against Princeton University by the heirs to the Great Atlantic & Pacific…
The Trademark Blog
“Recording Industry to End Litigation Strategy”?
WSJ.com: "Recording Industry to End Litigation Strategy; Thanks, Judge Davis?" Major news for online music geeks: The recording industry plans to lay down its litigation offensive against music pirates in…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Not Legal Malpractice, and Not Defamation
Legal Malpractice litigation succeed es earlier litigation, by its very definition, and all know that "but for" refers to the first case. An unfortunate corollary to this definitional fact is…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New Magazine for Women in Litigation
The new "Sue Magazine" caters to female litigators:Sue, For Women in Litigation has been created to promote a new generation of professionals who are making a significant impact on the…
Food Liability Law
Practical Advice for Litigating the Food Case
By Kenneth Odza
Click here for the slides from a presentation I gave recently with Shawn Stevens entitled "Practical Advice for Litigating the Case: Retaining Experts, Assessing Damages and Planing Trial Strategy." Two threads…
Litigation & Trial
“The Stupid Call,” A Standard Defense Lawyer’s Trick
Cal Biz Lit tips us off in a great how-to post for defense lawyers about an early step in the process: This first step is not unique to California, and…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Dannin on the Need for a Coordinated Litigation Strategy
Ellen Dannin (Penn State) has just posted on SSRN her article Constructing a Litigation Strategy to Take Back the Workers' Law. Here's an excerpt from the abstract:[The federal judiciary has…
The Legal Watercooler
Gotta start somewhere
I’m reading Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Outliers: The Story of Success. If you haven’t picked it up, I highly suggest you do. Chapter Five is dedicated to The Three Lessons…
TortsProf Blog
First Payments in Valdez Litigation
Only nearly twenty years after the oil spill, plaintiffs are starting to get damages.--BC