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Securities Law Prof Blog
Nagareda in Class Certification
Class Certification in the Age of Aggregate Proof, by Richard A. Nagareda, Vanderbilt University School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Few pre-trial motions in our…
TortsProf Blog
Personal Injury Roundup No. 5 (8/29/2008)
Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer. Down here in the south, we are keeping an eye on Gustav and Hannah as we prepare for our end-of-season…
TortsProf Blog
Sebok on Loser Pays
Tony Sebok participated in last week's NewTalk discussion of loser-pays rules. He's now posted a Writ column about both NewTalk and the subject.--BC
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Quick Takes: Followup on Wrestler Lawsuit; Guest Post on Train Jumping,
With lots of little things going up, it's time to followup on a few topics we've covered in the last few days and some other notable posts from around the…
China Law Blog
Chinese Litigation: Why We Like It
When we draft contracts for China, our foreign company clients usually instruct us to have the contract be governed by foreign law and for any disputes to be decided by…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
City of Cleveland v. Deutsche Bank Trust Co.
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
"For procedural jocks, life don't get much better than this," say Beck and Herrmann yesterday, reporting on a recent removal/remand decision. Click here to read their summary and find a…
Media Law Prof Blog
Producer Sues “High School Musical” Star
Music producer Johnny Vieira is suing "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens for fraud and breach of contract, claiming she has not paid him the percentage of earnings due him…
Litigation & Trial
Can General Counsel Can Litigation Costs?
GCs and in-house counsel are clamping down, driven by a weak economy, bringing litigation cost containment back into the spotlight (as well as general counsel peevishness). Stewart Weltman, who wrote…
Litigation & Trial
Can General Counsel / In-House Counsel Cut Costs by Limiting Motions and Depositions?
Rees Morrison sees the value of "Three litigation cost controls: motions, depositions, and attendees at court conferences and depositions:" As published in Met. Corp. Counsel, Vol. 16, July 2008 at…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Estimating the Costs of Litigation; Parallel Stories Illustrate Difficulty of Predicting Costs and Outcome of Litigation
Returning from the ABA Meeting today, there were two stories over the last couple of days that have received some press. Taken together, they show the difficulties that companies and…