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Fox Rothschild LLP

8 Essential Litigation Tips for In-House Counsel and Business Leaders

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Most business disputes settle. But if you bank on settlement without preparing for trial, you put your company at a disadvantage. The best settlements come when the other side knows you are fully ready for court. That means...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

The Legal Ops Advantage: Why Smart Lawyers Don’t Go It Alone

Picture this: you’re in-house counsel, and your company’s just been sued. But you’ve seen this film before. You know (with reasonable certainty) how much it’ll cost to get from complaint to Rule 26, through discovery, motions...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

AI hallucinations cause bad trip for lawyers

And My Pillow may not get a soft landing. I've had artificial intelligence on the brain (get it?) this week, after seeing a recent high profile incident involving the lawyers for Mike Lindell, founder of My Pillow....more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Beyond Witness Preparation

Thorough preparation of the deposition witness is critical to successful deposition practice. Prior to the deposition, the witness should be advised how and when to respond to questioning, the roles of counsel and the court...more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Sued: What In-house Counsel Without Litigation Experience Need to Know - Preparing Your Inside Team

3: Preparing Your Inside Team - Preservation, Privilege, Potential Pitfalls -This is the third in a series of articles that explores considerations and suggested actions for in-house counsel who are inexperienced in patent...more

Butler Snow LLP

Subpoenaed Remote Testimony from Anywhere and Everywhere? Ninth Circuit Says No.

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With the COVID pandemic, remote video depositions and trial testimony very quickly went from rare to routine. Remote testimony, for the most part, is viewed as a convenience to both witnesses and attorneys, and parties and...more

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Practicing Before the U.S. Supreme Court | Kannon Shanmugam | Texas Appellate Law Podcast

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For many attorneys, the prospect of a U.S. Supreme Court argument serves as the capstone of a legal career. But for a select few, like Kannon Shanmugam, chair of Paul Weiss’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group,...more

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[Webinar] Now Available At No Cost: Secure, Virtual Trial and Deposition Prep with Storybuilder by Everlaw - January 26th, 1:00 pm...

Post-review litigation preparation traditionally occurs over email, with competing versions of outlines sent back and forth until no one is sure what’s the most up to date. Digitally preparing for trial often involves a...more

Baker Donelson

Sitting with the C-Suite: Trial Prep as a Launchpad for Services

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Rakesh Madhava, the chief executive officer of Nextpoint, has extensive litigation experience, first as a litigation paralegal at, among other law firms, Kirkland & Ellis, and then as a litigation data consultant at FTI...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

[Webinar] How to Collaboratively Craft Narratives and Prepare for Depositions - March 24th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Post-review litigation preparation traditionally occurs over email, with competing versions of outlines sent back and forth until no one is sure what’s the most up to date. Manual drudgery abounds, whether it’s printing out...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Court Allows Plaintiff to Call Defendant’s In-House Attorney Responsible for Supervising Trial to Testify About Advice of Counsel...

In Sound View Innovations, LLC v. Hulu, LLC, a district court denied Hulu’s motion to quash a subpoena directed to its trial-supervising in-house attorney. The court agreed that Sound View may question Hulu’s attorney live,...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

[Event] 19th Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management (LMRM) Conference - March 3rd - 5th, Chicago, IL

This is a must-attend event for law firm general counsel and managing partners, in-house corporate counsel, professional liability practitioners, legal malpractice insurance professionals, and any practicing lawyer concerned...more

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Ethics Rules for Using Social Media in Legal Matters

Social media is increasingly important in eDiscovery, employment investigations and jury research. Using social media in legal and HR matters raises significant ethical issues. Lawyers and other legal professionals should...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Treat Trust as a Layered Thing

The government often plays a background role in civil litigation. An action, decision, or product from one party might meet the government’s regulations, for example. The question that raises is “Are the regulators trusted?”...more

K&L Gates LLP

Congressional Investigations 101: Get Your Arms Around the Facts

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In this interview, Andrew M. Wright, Partner in the Public Policy and Law and the Investigations, Enforcement and White Collar practice groups, discusses the importance of knowing the facts and knowing them well during the...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Account for Social Exclusion in Employment and Whistle-blower Cases

There is often something distinctive about the person bringing a case. Whether they are the victim in a discrimination or harassment case, a whistle-blower in an employment case, or a number of other case types, their act of...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Give the Jurors What They Want: 10 Golden Rules

The jurors have made it through the trial, reached their verdict, received their thanks, and are headed to the exits. How do they feel about their experience? What do they think the lawyers did well, and what do they think...more

Hogan Lovells

How a constitutional amendment is transforming litigation in Mexico

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In 2017, Mexico’s congress approved a key amendment to its Federal Commercial Code. The amendment is now driving dramatic changes to the country’s trial process. One of those changes — a shift from written to oral proceedings...more

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SCOTUS Implements New Electronic Filing Guidelines

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At long last, the Supreme Court of the United States has joined the rest of the federal court system in adopting electronic filing. As of November 13, 2017, attorneys filing documents with the Court must submit their...more

Cozen O'Connor

The Expert Report: Key Considerations

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Product liability cases often present challenging and complex issues which require the use of experts. If you are litigating in federal court, any expert you designate will be required to provide a written report. ...more

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Seventh Circuit to Plaintiffs: Here's Your Burden of Proof

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Most employees who file employment discrimination claims hope for one of two things – a really sympathetic jury or an employer that is willing to generously settle the lawsuit to avoid the risks and uncertainties of trial. ...more

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Day 2: Your First Five Questions (times four): A Practical Guide to the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – Early Case...

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The current amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure—and, in particular, those that address the practice of civil discovery—are the product of five years of development, debate, and, of course, dialogue. Now that the Rules...more

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