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Get and Keep Your Jury’s Attention with Dynamic Evidence Presentation

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When you’re in trial, your goal is to provide the jury with the information they need to make an informed decision and also to prove to them that your point of view is correct. What you don’t want is for the jury’s attention...more

Finding the Earliest and Least Expensive Exit From Financial Services Class Actions

by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

Effectively responding to class litigation doesn’t necessarily mean simply preparing an answer or perfunctory motion to dismiss, diving headlong into class discovery, investing in full-fledged combat on the merits of the...more

Keep Cross-Examination Short (Unless You Shouldn’t)

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A successful evangelist once said about his sermons: “Nobody ever got religion after the first twenty minutes.” His time estimate may be wrong, but every evangelist and trial attorney has wrestled with the short attention...more

Update: Finding the Earliest and Least Expensive Exit from Financial Services Class Actions

by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

In this Newsletter: - Gather The Facts And Assess The Risk Up Front. - If The Class Action Is Filed In State Court, Think Strategically About Whether To Remove. - Invest Time, Effort And Resources In...more

Proving Inherent Anticipation – Make or Break Your Case With Expert Testimony

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on

Anticipation is a basic concept in patent law. On its face the concept is simple—if a single prior art reference teaches every element of a claim in the proper context, then the claim is not patentable, i.e., it is...more

Of Courtroom Capers, Sanctions, and Squeezed Babies…

by Varnum LLP on

A lawyer friend Brian occasionally mentions the idea of "innocently" placing a colorful bag on his table during an opposing lawyer's final argument. I don't think he's ever done it, but the goal is to distract the jury while...more

Protecting the Identity of Your LLC Members & LP Partners in Litigation, Part I: Motions to Remand

by Thompson Coburn LLP on

The situation is familiar: You represent a LLC or LP and file suit in state court to avoid disclosing the identity of your members/partners. But then the identity of those members/partners becomes an issue when the defendant...more

To Remove or Not to Remove in Massachusetts?

by Pierce Atwood LLP on

I frequently am asked whether a company sued in Massachusetts state court would be better off in federal court. Despite the common perception that defendants in any state are always better off in federal court, there has...more

Legal Ethics and Social Media: What Pre-Litigation Advice May an Attorney Provide to His or Her Client?

by Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on

When meeting with your client about a matter that will likely result in litigation, what advice can you give your client about privacy settings and removal of information from social media in the pre-litigation setting? The...more

Make the Most of Your Mediation: Seal the Deal

by JAMS, The Resolution Experts on

It sometimes happens that, despite the best efforts of all participants, negotiations grind to a stubborn halt and disappointment sets in. Before packing your bags, ask yourself these five questions. Your answer might be just...more

Taking Control of Class Actions From the Beginning

by DLA Piper on

Growing up a Yankee fan, I hated Wade Boggs, the third baseman for the Boston Red Sox. (Never mind for the moment that Boggs later played for the Yankees.) Boggs controlled the tone of the game because he controlled the...more

Wearable Technology: A Perfect Fit For Litigation [Video]

by McManis Faulkner on

It has been said that technology made large populations possible and that large populations now make technology indispensable. The words of Joseph Wood Krutch, written in 1959, could not be more relevant today. ...more

IP Newsflash - February 2015 #2

by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on

FEDERAL CIRCUIT CASES - Federal Circuit Declines to Extend Patent Exhaustion Doctrine - In a February 10, 2015 decision, the Federal Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment of non-infringement under the...more

To Remove or Not To Remove?

by Pierce Atwood LLP on

When the Class Action Fairness Act was passed ten years ago, many businesses breathed a collective sigh of relief. No longer would the plaintiffs' bar be able to keep their cases in certain magnet jurisdictions (a/k/a...more

Knowing When to Stop: the Fine Line between Renewing Your Objection at Trial and Waiver

by Carlton Fields Jorden Burt on

To preserve an issue for appellate review while at trial, is it acceptable to rely on a standing objection advanced when the issue first arises? Or should you renew your position whenever confronted with objectionable...more

8 Things to Consider Before Opposing a Motion to Consolidate

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In response to a plaintiff’s motion for consolidation, the court can combine two or more separately filed lawsuits for simultaneous disposition. This promotes efficiency, but there are very big downsides for a defendant in a...more

An Effective Way to Fight an Objectively Frivolous Lawsuit

by Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on

An angry client calls: “I have been sued.” But this time, there is absolutely no basis in law or fact for the lawsuit. The client asks: “Can I get the case dismissed and recover my attorney’s fees against the lawyer...more

A Reminder From the Seventh Circuit on the Importance of Creating a Record

by Foley & Lardner LLP on

When the court makes an evidentiary ruling off the record, it is required to enter on the record an explanation of the reasoning behind its decision. See, e.g., United States v. Nolan, 910 F.2d 1553, 1559 (7th Cir. 1990); 28...more

Come Together? 10 Things to Consider Before Moving to Consolidate

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Consolidation can be a useful efficiency technique because it allows the court to combine two or more separately filed lawsuits for simultaneous disposition. This efficiency is not without danger—consolidation may produce an...more

Supreme Court Reaffirms That an Appellee Who Does Not Seek To Enlarge Its Favorable Judgment Need Not File a Cross-Appeal To...

by Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on

One of a litigator’s most crucial tasks is ensuring that issues and arguments in support of a client’s position are available if and when the case is presented to an appellate tribunal. While issue preservation is always a...more

Do we lawyers really know it all? What about the “ focus group ?”

by Butler Snow LLP on

Trying a business case to a jury presents unique and sometimes difficult challenges. As commercial litigators, we’re trained to develop the facts (or the parties’ versions thereof), research the applicable law, and, most...more

Stipulations of law: Wouldn't it be nice if we could all agree?

by Best Best & Krieger LLP on

Occasionally an attorney will propose that the parties stipulate to the meaning of a relevant statute. Such stipulations have no legal force and will be disregarded by the court. Numerous cases so hold across the United...more

Martial Arts & Legal Ethics

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on

“No, I’m not disingenuous—You’re disingenuous!” “I’ll see your motion for sanctions and raise you a bar association complaint!” Does fighting fire with fire produce the best results? Or is there another way?...more

Trademark practice tip: Request Interlocutory Attorney attendance at discovery/settlement conferences in opposition proceedings to...

by BakerHostetler on

In trademark opposition proceedings the affirmative defense of failure to state a claim is commonly pleaded, yet it is often an inappropriate affirmative defense. Other affirmative defenses that are severely limited in...more

Practical Guidelines for Jury Instructions, Verdict Forms, and the Charge Conference (Part 5 of 5)

by Carlton Fields Jorden Burt on

You have been asked to prepare a set of jury instructions and a verdict form for trial. What do you do? Where do you start? In my last op-ed, I talked about the potential grounds for reversible error that may arise from the...more

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