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Summary Judgment
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Thomas on Summary Judgment in Employment Cases
Suja A. Thomas (Illinois) just posted on SSRN a speech she gave for a colloquium for the 25th anniversary of the summary judgment trilogy held at Seattle U. The speech,…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Conference at New York Law School on Summary Judgment, Iqbal, and Employment Discrimination on April 23, 2012
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
New York Law School Law Review has announced the following symposium:The New York Law School Law Review and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy (“The Institute”) are…
Day On Torts
Suit Against Horse Owner Must Include Proof of Negligence
By John Day
The Court of Appeals of Mississippi has ruled that a plaintiff injured when her vehicle collided with a horse on a dark roadway must prove that the horse owner was…
Labor Law Prof Blog
NYLS Symposium on Discrimination Cases after Iqbal
The New York Law School Law Review and the Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy present the symposium Trial by Jury or Trial by Motion? Summary Judgment, Iqbal,…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Carrier’s Motion for Summary Judgment Does Not Hold Water
Earlier this month, I wrote about a few cases where insurance company motions for summary judgment failed. This week, I am writing about another. Although I prefer to write about…
EvidenceProf Blog
Can I Get A Summary?: 1st Circuit Finds No Obligation To Produce Summaries Before Trial Under Rule 1006
By Colin Miller
Federal Rule of Evidence 1006 provides thatThe contents of voluminous writings, recordings, or photographs which cannot conveniently be examined in court may be presented in the form of a chart, summary,…
Day On Torts
Twelve Steps To Avoid Summary Judgment on a Fact Issue
By John Day
Tennessee summary judgment law changed on July 1, 2011 to allow the use of "put up or shut up" motions. (The law only applies to cases filed on or after…
Drug & Device Law
Good Rulings on Experts and Summary Judgment from Mississippi
According to the novels penned by a certain Mississippi lawyer (and the movies based on said novels), corporate defendants are always bad, their lawyers are worse, and juries end up…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Colloquium on the 25th Anniversary of the Summary Judgment Trilogy at Seattle University
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
On September 16, 2011, Seattle University School of Law will host the 25th Anniversary Summary Judgment Trilogy Colloquium. Festivities will kick off the preceding afternoon with a lecture by U.S. District…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
The Judgment Defense in Legal Malpractice
What is a question of judgment, what is neglect of a case and what is ignorance of the rules in legal malpractice? Sometimes this is an easy question, other times,…