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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Excessive Fees or Incessant Litigation – Time for Legislative and Employer Action on Retirement Plans!

Commonly referred to as "excessive fee" litigation, class actions that allege retirement plan investments charge too much and earn too little have increased over the past two decades. Excessive fee cases are difficult to...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Proceed With Caution on Out-of-State Depositions

Many attorneys have long and successful careers without ever having to practice law outside of the jurisdiction where they obtained their license. But for litigators and in-house counsel, the need to be conversant with the...more

Carlton Fields

More on Competent Summary Judgment Evidence: The Rule Does Not Just Apply to Affidavits

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We previously wrote about the requirements many jurisdictions impose for affidavits or declarations submitted in conjunction with motions for summary judgment, including that they must be based on personal knowledge, show the...more

Nextpoint, Inc.

Taking Depositions: Preparation Strategies for Attorneys

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TRIAL PREPARATION SERIES / PART TWO OF THREE - Taking depositions is arguably the most useful discovery exercise to gather information and build a strong case. It is the only opportunity, prior to trial itself, where an...more

Winstead PC

Court Held That Statutory Probate Court Had Jurisdiction To Grant A Rule 202 Pre-Suit Deposition

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In In the Estate of Nicholas, the temporary administrator of an estate and the decedent’s mother filed a Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 202 petition concerning a shootout at a residence by the City of Houston Police...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Pandemic Aftermath: The Rise Of Interstate Depositions And Discovery

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With global commerce massively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, post-pandemic litigation will undoubtedly result in a rise of interstate depositions and discovery. In turn, litigants engaged in actions pending outside of...more

Clark Hill PLC

Texas Ethics Opinion Weighs In On Online Investigative Research

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A recent Texas Ethics Opinion, Ethics Opinion 671, holds that lawyers may be subject to discipline for anonymously contacting third-parties for the limited purpose of obtaining identifying or jurisdictional information about...more

Butler Snow LLP

Pro Te: Solutio - Vol. 10 No. 3 – Summer 2017

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Every summer vacation (or, at least, the ability to take the weekend off!) should include a good read. Whether your preference runs toward a memoir with words of wisdom, a review of new technical advancements, issues of...more

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