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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The Practical Economics of Pleading
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
TheFederalCivil Practice Bulletin recently brought attention to an article, “ThePractical Economics of Pleading,” posted on SSRN. This article discusses twoasymmetries of pleading: informational asymmetry and cost asymmetry. “Thisarticle explores the…
Legal Ease Blog
Value Pricing for Business Litigation
When lawyers talk about alternatives to the billable hour and value pricing, business litigators are usually among the ranks of those that say that hourly billing is the only fee…
Drug & Device Law
Are You “Less Protected” When Using An Overseas Litigation Vendor?
By Bexis
This guest post was written by David Booth Alden. Mr. Alden is a partner resident in the Cleveland office of Jones Day. This post is entirely his work. It of…
Chicago IP Litigation
Lawyers Do Not Understand Juries
Anne Reed has an excellent post at Deliberations identifying the numerous ways that litigators misunderstand jurors. Her post is based upon an article titled To Deal Better With Juries, Stop…
Media Law Prof Blog
“Survivor” Producers in Lawsuit
We'll see who survives this lawsuit: "Survivor" producers Mark Burnett and Conrad Riggs are fighting over who owes whom what. Mr. Riggs claims that Mr. Burnett owes him more than…
Legal Profession Blog
Litigation or Transactional Law Career: Some Advice to Law Students
Posted by Jeff LipshawA reader who is interning in a NYC corporate law firm, and about to enter law school, saw my earlier post alluding to the creative possibilities in…
The D&O Diary
Mid-Year 2008: Securities Lawsuit Filings Remain Up
Securities lawsuit filings remained elevated during the first half of 2008. The 105 new securities lawsuit filings during the first six months of 2008 were more than 50% higher than the number…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 6/24/08
By Rob La Gatta
Busy day today, which means that this update isn't coming out as early in the afternoon as it should. Our apologies to devotee fans; here's hoping the 10 posts below…
Pension Risk Matters
Pension Litigation Trends – What Do You Want to Know?
On January 14, 2008, we announced the launch of www.pensionlitigationdata.com. Since then, we've collected over 2,000 cases that involve pension funds, either as plaintiff or defendant. We are adding about 300…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
How Do You Forget to File a $19 Million Legal Malpractice Case?
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog reports that a huge class action legal malpractice case against DLA Piper Rudnick has been dismissed. Plaintiff's and defendants had entered into a tolling agreement that was…