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Why Early Mediations Fail And How To Maximize Their Chances For Success

Many lawyers and litigants have the misconception that the parties do not have enough information to settle early in the litigation (or pre-litigation) and therefore consider mediation only on the eve of summary judgment or trial.

United States Litigation

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JAMS

How Do You Balance Appellate Work With Trial Work?

If you're anything like me, it's tough to prioritize appellate briefs when every trial task feels more impending.

United States Litigation

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Markowitz Herbold PC

California Supreme Court Takes Up Utility Take-Over Standard Of Review Dispute

We previously reported on the recent California Court of Appeal district split as to what standard of review should apply in utility takeover condemnation cases as it pertains to more necessary public use challenges.

United States Litigation

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Nossaman LLP

Rose Discusses Pryor Cashman's Double-Digit Revenue And Profit Growth In 2024

Pryor Cashman's Managing Partner, David Rose, was featured in The New York Law Journal discussing the firm's...

United States Litigation

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Milbank Litigation & Arbitration Attorneys Highlight Key Takeaways From SEC SolarWinds Suit

United States Litigation

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Milbank LLP

April Grant Alerts: Supreme Court To Hear Challenge On Scope Of Nationwide Injunctions In Birthright Citizenship Case

United States Litigation

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Dykema

The Wait For Clarity On The Scope And Size Of Class Actions Continues

United States Litigation

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Boies Schiller Flexner

Georgia Enacts Major Tort Reform Legislation

United States Litigation

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Jones Day

California Supreme Court Holds Contractual Limitation Of Liability Provisions Cannot Limit Damages For Willful Injury

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

The Legal Implications Of Suing Your HOA Board

United States Litigation

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LS Carlson Law

Understanding Your Rights When Suing An HOA

United States Litigation

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LS Carlson Law

Board Legal Action Against HOA Boards: What You Need To Know

United States Litigation

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LS Carlson Law

PAGA Paraphrased – Parra Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation, Inc.

United States Litigation

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Settlement Counsel: A Unique And Powerful Asset To Control Litigation Risk (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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Certum Group

[PODCAST] Utilizing Co-Mediation - Bringing Together Multiple Perspectives To Reach Effective Settlements

United States Litigation

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JAMS

The External Revenue Service: A Bureaucratic Overreach Or Necessary Reform?

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Planning For Travel Ban 2025 – Leaked Draft Includes 43 Countries

Worldwide Immigration

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Corporate Transparency Act Beneficial Ownership Information ("BOI") Requirements Are Paused (Again)

United States Commercial

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IR Global

Discovery Special Masters And Referees: A View From Both Sides

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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Why Early Mediations Fail And How To Maximize Their Chances For Success

United States Litigation

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JAMS

[PODCAST] Utilizing Co-Mediation - Bringing Together Multiple Perspectives To Reach Effective Settlements

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Mediation Reimagined: Harnessing Joint Mediation Sessions For Better Outcomes

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Discovery Special Masters And Referees: A View From Both Sides

United States Litigation

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JAMS

[PODCAST] JAMS Neutrals Discuss How Austin's Growth Is Shaping Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

AI's Double-Edged Role In Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Avoiding Business Blunders: Tips For Entrepreneurs And Business Leaders

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Recent Developments In The Enforcement Of ERISA Class Action Waiver And Arbitration Clauses

United States Litigation

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JAMS

[PODCAST] Staying Ahead Of The Curve With AI-Related Disputes: Tailored Approaches In A Rapidly Evolving Legal Environment

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Multiparty Mediations: Strategies For Success

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Trials & Appeals & Compensation

Why Early Mediations Fail And How To Maximize Their Chances For Success

Many lawyers and litigants have the misconception that the parties do not have enough information to settle early in the litigation (or pre-litigation) and therefore consider mediation only on the eve of summary judgment or trial.

United States Litigation

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JAMS

How Do You Balance Appellate Work With Trial Work?

If you're anything like me, it's tough to prioritize appellate briefs when every trial task feels more impending.

United States Litigation

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Markowitz Herbold PC

A Look Back On The Retroactivity Of New York's Amended Whistleblower Protection Law

In an excellent column in these pages, Nicholas J. Pappas and Elena Mondi discussed recent developments, including statutory amendment in 2021...

United States Employment

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

California Supreme Court Takes Up Utility Take-Over Standard Of Review Dispute

United States Litigation

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Nossaman LLP

Rose Discusses Pryor Cashman's Double-Digit Revenue And Profit Growth In 2024

United States Litigation

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Milbank Litigation & Arbitration Attorneys Highlight Key Takeaways From SEC SolarWinds Suit

United States Litigation

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Milbank LLP

April Grant Alerts: Supreme Court To Hear Challenge On Scope Of Nationwide Injunctions In Birthright Citizenship Case

United States Litigation

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Dykema

Decision Alert: Supreme Court Upholds FDA Denial Of E-Cigarette Products

United States Healthcare

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Dykema

Business Appraiser Liability? That's A New One

United States Commercial

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

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Insurance

When Loss Ensues: Washington State Supreme Court Issues Mixed Messages On Ensuing Loss Provisions In All-Risk Policies

All-risk property insurance policies generally provide coverage for any peril that causes property damage, except when the damage is caused by a risk specifically excluded in the policy.

United States Insurance

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Cozen O'Connor

California Federal Court Finds No Conflict With Allegedly Competing Other Insurance Clauses

A California federal court recently issued a summary judgment ruling after interpreting two "other insurance" clauses.

United States Insurance

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Duane Morris LLP

Do Asbestos Rip-Out Claims And The "Abandoned Materials" Policy Exception Neutralize The Impact Of The Completed Operations Aggregate?

In an effort to avoid the impact of the completed operations aggregate limit, policyholder counsel sometimes attempt to characterize claims as (1) rip-out exposures, or (2) as relating to "abandoned or unused materials," so as to come within a common insurance policy carve-out from the Completed Operations Hazard.

United States Insurance

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Duane Morris LLP

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules "Any Exposure" To Asbestos Fibers Does Not Pass Evidentiary Muster Under Frye (In A Decision With Significant Implications For Insurers)

United States Insurance

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Cozen O'Connor

Federal Court Orders Insurance Premium Discounts For Automobile Passive Anti-Theft Devices

United States Insurance

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Duane Morris LLP

Washington Court Holds That A Corporate Officer’s Breach Of Contract Is Not A Covered "Loss" From A "Wrongful Act" Under A D&O Policy

United States Insurance

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Cozen O'Connor

New York Court Green-Lights Bad Faith Claim In Alleged Breach Of Duty To Defend

United States Insurance

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Anderson Kill

In California Personal Injury Tort Litigation, Compensatory Medical Damages Are The Actual Paid Cost Of The Medical Services; But The California Legislature May Change That, To Something Much Higher

United States Insurance

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Duane Morris LLP

State Of California v. Continental Ins. Co., Oral Argument Set For May 30

United States Insurance

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Duane Morris LLP

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Divorce/ Family/ Wills

Can A Judge In A Divorce Proceeding Order A Spouse Not To Compete With The Other Spouse?

The answer, at least in Massachusetts, is yes. In Cesar v. Sundelin, the Massachusetts Appeals Court recently ruled that, in dividing a marital estate that includes a family business.

United States Family

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Foley Hoag LLP

T&E Litigation Update: Berkowitz v. Berkowitz

In "Berkowitz v. Berkowitz", Civil Action No. 11-10483-DJC, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31487 (D. Mass. March 9, 2012), the U.S. District Court denied a motion to dismiss a complaint alleging breach of an oral trust.

United States Tax

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Day Pitney LLP

Is An Unsigned Will Ever Validly Executed?

It depends on what you mean by "Will."

United States Family

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Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis

Clients' Sensitive Medical Records

United States Privacy

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McLane Middleton, Professional Association

Electronic Etiquette

United States Family

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Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP

Fiduciary Powers vs. Duties And Pretermitted Heirs

United States Family

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McLane Middleton, Professional Association

Recent Cases of Interest to Fiduciaries – January 2012

United States Family

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McGuireWoods LLP

Closing the Loopholes: New Laws For In Terrorem (No Contest) Clauses In Wills And Trusts

United States Family

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McLane Middleton, Professional Association

Independent Contractor Or Employee?

United States Family

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McLane Middleton, Professional Association

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Oil & Gas, Utilities

Natural Gas "Gold Rush" - Injury and Occupational Exposure in Pennsylvania from the Marcellus Shale Gas Exploration

The Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania has spurred a boom in natural gas exploration and led to an explosion in job opportunities, lucrative land leases and concerns over environmental hazards.

United States Employment

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Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin

Federal Circuit Signals Reigning In Of Janssen And Rasmusson On Enablement/Utility

On Friday, July 29, 2011, the Federal Circuit issued a decision reversing the District of New Jersey's ruling that patent claims covering the use of tomoxetine (marketed as Strattera®) to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (''ADHD'') are invalid for lack of ''enablement/utility.

United States Energy

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Paul Hastings LLP

Deepwater Horizon - Prospects For Criminal Prosecution

On the night of April 20, 2010, there was a loss of well control during a temporary suspension operation at BP's Macando Well in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the release of a massive cloud of hydrocarbon gases around the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon.

United States Litigation

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Blank Rome LLP

Supreme Court Docket Report - June 15, 2009

United States Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Summary Of MSCG v. Snohomish

United States Litigation

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McDermott Will & Emery

Supreme Court Docket Report - Decision Alert - June 26, 2008

United States Litigation

MB

Mayer Brown

A Dispatch From The Water Wars -- The Georgia Front

United States Litigation

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Ninth Circuit Decisions Affect Competitive Wholesale Power Prices And Markets

United States Energy

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McDermott Will & Emery

District of Columbia Court of Appeals Invalidates FERC’s Order 2004 That Extended The Reach Of Its Natural Gas Pipeline Standards Of Conduct To Include Non-Marketing Affiliates

United States Energy

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

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Latest Videos

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Settlement Counsel: A Unique And Powerful Asset To Control Litigation Risk (Podcast)

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Certum Group

Decoding Appeals, Episode 5: Lessons Learned From Oral Arguments (Video)

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Trend #2 – Class Certification Numbers Normalize Across Substantive Areas

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Duane Morris LLP

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 81: Massachusetts Court Unplugs Wiretap Claim In Web Browsing Privacy Class Action (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

Decoding Appeals, Episode 3: Life Cycle Of A SCOTUS Appeal (Video)

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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