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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Hot Off the Presses: Recent Articles of Interest
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
With a hat tip to the Current Index of Legal Periodicals, here are some recent articles that may be of interest: Scott E. Atkinson, Alan C. Marco and John L.…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
New rules of Civil Procedure for Ontario courts
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
While those of us in the U.S. have been wringing our hands over the procedural reforms that both the Rules drafters and the Supreme Court have handed us over the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Thomas: 12(b)(6) is 56 in Drag
Suja Thomas (Illinois) has been writing for a good while now on how federal courts are using Rule 56 to dismiss loads of employment discrimination cases. Her new article (which…
New York Trusts & Estates Litigation
Summary Judgment Granted, Dismissing Objections and Admitting Will to Probate
In Matter of Feller, a contested probate proceeding that was decided last week in Monroe County, the Surrogate addressed typical objections pertaining to due execution, testamentary capacity, and undue influence.…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Employees Fare Worse in Federal Lawsuit Study
Recently, I wrote about a study showing that employers are losing more discrimination cases this past year. This was a study published by Manpower, a human resources firm. Yet, a…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Summary of AALS Panels of Interest
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
For those of you headed to New Orleans for AALS, there are several panels of interest that we have posted about over the past few weeks. The panels all include…
Iowa Employment Law Blog
Summary Judgment: Myths and Realities
"Is Summary Judgment in Employment Cases a Myth"? So ask attorneys Teresa Ride Bult and Kate Summers in an excellent article published last month in Law 360. The authors contend it is…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
AALS Panel of Interest: “The Future of Summary Judgment” (January 9)
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Readers attending the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) annual meeting next week in New Orleans may be interested in the AALS Litigation Section's program, The Future of Summary Judgment, which…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Whether an insured was prejudiced by an insurd’s failure to comply with a proof of loss procedure may not be suitable for summary judgement.
An application by the insurer seeking summary judgment on the grounds that there was no genuine issue for trial was dismissed. Although the insured was not in technical compliance with…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Tyson v. Tyson, December 10, 2009 (Tennille)(unpublished)
The Court denied a motion opposing the designation of this case as a mandatory business case, holding that "this matter is a derivative action by a minority shareholder which involves…