This blog discusses how social media and new technology can deter
a case during litigation, and how to be prepared social media discovery requests.
Not exact matches
The lead counsel for the 1,000 plaintiffs in the new round of Love Canal
litigation has asked state Supreme Court Justice Richard Kloch Sr. to remove himself from the
case, claiming he showed bias in remarks about past Love Canal
cases in a newspaper article written by Kloch's daughter, and seemed to act a little too favorably to the local attorney for Occidental Chemical Co.
during a past court session.
During the course of the
litigation, the school board paid for three sets of attorneys (for Martin; for the LSC; and for the Board of Education) in a
case that cost more than a quarter of a million dollars.
Her
litigation experience includes assisting in trying a national mass tort bellwether
case and performing key roles
during all phases of
litigation leading up to trial.
Litigation Corner: Undaunting Depositions — Staying organized
during large
cases.
This
case gave me hands - on experience
during my first year as an associate and proved a stepping stone in terms of building my media and entertainment
litigation practice, as now I find myself recommended by partners to assist on media and entertainment - related intellectual property
cases.»
The ethical duty of competence requires an attorney to assess at the outset of each
case what electronic discovery issues might arise
during the
litigation, including the likelihood that e-discovery will or should be sought by either side.
We will take over your
case, explain what's going to happen
during the
litigation process, and listen to your needs, fears and desires.
Amanda's ability to evaluate a
case and consider arguments from the perspective of a judge are among her most frequently noted strengths, and qualities that provide a distinct advantage to her clients
during litigation.
During his 21 - year legal career, Mr. Goldberg has litigated hundreds of
cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving claims of retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, as well as commercial contract disputes, civil RICO, ERISA, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate governance disputes, minority shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, Madoff counseling and defense, advancement and indemnification proceedings, whistleblower actions (SOX and CEPA), executive compensation counseling,
litigation, and arbitration, international
litigation and arbitration, antitrust
litigation and arbitration, products liability
litigation, environmental and toxic tort
litigation, and securities fraud.
On the very first day of hearings in the
case In Re: Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust
Litigation, Judge Rogers of the Northern District Court of California, Oakland division, sua sponte and without any precipitating incident, announced from the bench that she wouldn't tolerate less than a high level of civility in her courtroom, and asked attorneys from both sides to meet together and draft a professional code of conduct that they would abide by
during the proceedings.
One company's founder even bills herself as the «Fairy Godmother of Divorce» These types of financing arrangements could provide some fairness in hotly contested divorce
cases when one side maintains control of bank accounts and assets
during the
litigation and therefore has the ability to hire lawyers, while the other side may get locked out of accessing financial assets before the divorce papers are even filed with the court.
Kubik represented a wide range of clients
during her career as a civil litigator, including representing them in personal injury
cases, insurance defence and estate
litigation.
During his time working in the forensic accounting area, Chris has worked on a large number of forensic investigations, fraud, corruption (including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) and anti-money laundering risk consulting assignments, expert witness and general
litigation support engagements, involving the preparation of reports for use in various disputes in both commercial and criminal
cases.
But even if your
case is filed in court, most
cases settle
during litigation without the need for an actual trial.
Baumgartner notes that «[p] erhaps the biggest story in the development of transnational
litigation during the last two decades, however, remains the extent to which cross-border
cases have grown to become a significant part of the
litigation landscape in the United States and elsewhere.»
English
case law has long called into question the availability of
litigation privilege for documents created
during a regulatory investigation.
It is important for the trial team before and
during trial to feel comfortable with the way the
case is progressing, so at the client's request our
litigation consultants will come to your office or the location of your trial to provide in - person services.
William takes a proactive approach to
litigation while offering his clients the support and reassurance they need
during the time that he is responsible for their
case.
During 30 years of practice, the firm has earned a national reputation as a leader in auto defect
cases, trucking
cases and a full array of personal injury
litigation.
Having spent almost 20 years as a banking
litigation specialist
during which time he led on test
cases such as the North East Property Buyers Sale and Rent Back in the Supreme Court and, appeared as advocate in the Court of Appeal on many occasions, together with advisory roles with the CML and FLA, Richard now heads up the Commercial Dispute Resolution team in Cardiff.
We have experience handling all aspects of these
cases and navigating the myriad legal issues and aviation - specific statutes that arise
during aircraft accident
litigation and crash investigations.
Your choice of attorney to represent your interests
during a medical malpractice
case could mean the difference between successful negotiations or expensive, ongoing
litigation.
This
case highlights the importance of «thinking ahead» at all stages in the
litigation, including
during the negotiation of any pre-suit agreements.
Novus also creates pieces of end product like the story of the
case, a chronology or other related documents created
during litigation that traditionally are generated by associates.
During those years, she handled all aspects of
litigation in civil and criminal
cases, including bench and jury trials, all aspects of motion practice and discovery, settlement and plea agreements, and general legal counseling.
During his legal career, Owen Todd has handled virtually every kind of
case from murder to mass tort
litigation and from bankruptcy
litigation to «bet - the - company» commercial
cases in every type of court throughout thirty - six states.
Special issues can arise in automobile
litigation which make it more difficult to litigate a car accident claim, which make additional parties potentially liable for injuries, or which must be considered
during the course of litigating a
case.
Our Lawyers keep fully engage with clients at all stages of their
cases that occur
during litigation.
Get
litigation funding if the litigant needs to support somebody
during the duration of the
case.
When you file a personal injury claim, we will provide you with sound legal guidance
during the
litigation process, so you will feel confident in your
case.
If a
case does not settle
during litigation then a trial is necessary.
Sometimes
during litigation, the parties may agree to submit the
case to mediation or arbitration.
Our attorneys can also provide support and strategy
during all phases of trial court
litigation to preserve issues and position
cases for success in the event of appeal.
Nevertheless, the following
cases should be evaluated by a slip and fall victim when considering their damage demands and evaluating their
case in settlement negotiations, both before and
during litigation.
During the
litigation of the
case, the Intuitive Surgical Director of Marketing testified that internal marketing material identified and targeted surgeons who were seen as lacking certain surgical skills and having a history of only performing minimally invasive procedures.
During the course of
litigation, a person's needs and wants may shift because the
case may take longer than anyone could have estimated, there may be a change in the family dynamic or the injury suffered may heal at a slower pace based on other medical conditions.
During the
litigation process, Brown repeatedly tried to get relieved as counsel, often threatening to discontinue working on the
case even when the trial judge informed him he did not have that option.
U.S. infringers can derail ongoing
litigation The flood of IPR filings has also affected
litigation: In 60 - 70 per cent of
cases where an IPR is filed
during ongoing
litigation — even if filed shortly before trial — U.S. courts have granted a stay of
litigation pending the outcome of the IPR proceeding, which usually lasts 12 - 18 months.
We speak with Shanshan Xu, the Senior Partner of Hiways Law Firm, who reveals what you should do to avoid
litigation cases during Chinese Customs, how international trade in China has developed and how mediation is beneficial
during disputes with international organisations.
It also means we are known for using cutting edge technology to stay in touch with our clients and keeping them abreast of the latest concerns in their
case, whether it is still in the insurance claims process, or
during litigation and trial.
In complex, large - scale
litigation and regulatory investigations, the volume of electronic data is too large to manually sort, organize and review (also called objective coders, database coders, legal coders, or
litigation coders) review and code documents, files and other data so that the
litigation team can more easily search and retrieve information
during the course of the
case or project.
Although there is no general restriction on publicising a
case during the trial process, this is rare in practice and parties to
litigation are generally not advised to make public statements
during trials.
Accordingly, when evaluating the plaintiff's
case during the initial client meeting and when building the
case over the course of the
litigation, the plaintiff's pre-accident health and employment history are critical tools in proving that the plaintiff's symptoms were caused or contributed to by the motor vehicle accident.
After working as an extern for the First District Court in Logan, Utah,
during his final term of law school, Trevor worked for a firm in St. George, Utah, for over five years, focusing on workers» compensation and personal injury
cases, in addition to working on
cases involving federal civil rights
litigation and performing a significant amount of appellate work.
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Conversely, facts discovered
during the course of civil
litigation may draw the attention of the government, and the government may rely on the findings in a civil
case as grounds for opening an investigation or taking some other enforcement action.
During her time in law school Katila clerked for a business
litigation firm, served as a judicial extern for the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan and worked as a research assistant on the Michigan State University College of Law's project that commemorated the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court
case, Brown v. Board of Education and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
His firm concluded more than 5,000 of these
cases during his tenure in that
litigation.
Given the level of transparency required by the court, funders and class counsel would be wise to ensure that their agreements do not include details on
litigation strategy or budgetary limitations, which could easily compromise the integrity of the
case and provide the defendant with leverage
during negotiations.