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Litigation Daily

The Post-Pandemic Uptick in BIG Damages Awards (and What to Do About it)

Bill Lee of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and Jamie Laird, the trial consultant he estimates he's taken to trial with him 50 times over the past decade-and-a-half, see a current rise in jury damages awards that mirrors what occurred after the 2007/08 financial crisis—and they have some ideas about what to do about it.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Opinion: An Appeal for Restorative Litigation

After nearly five decades of dealing with this, I've been looking for a better way to work—and to live.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Some Strategic Approaches to Deposing Adverse Fact Witnesses

Building a rapport with a witness, especially a fact witness testifying for the first time, can pay dividends—as can a pre-deposition sweep of the target's social media presence.
5 minute read

Law.com

A Diverse Patent Portfolio Better Protects Artificial Intelligence Inventions

Takeaways from 'IBM v. Zillow' from A Patent Drafting Perspective This two-part article sheds light on several important aspects of patents on AI technology. In Part One, we provide a general overview of the IBM v. Zillow lawsuit and discuss strategies to diversify patent portfolios to maximize protection on AI-related technology.
11 minute read

Litigation Daily

Preparation Makes Presentable: The Legwork That Goes Into Direct Testimony

Gwen Richard of McKinney Taylor in Houston, Texas likes to refer to direct examination as "the unsung hero of trial practice."
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Best Practices: New Texas Law Mandates Audiovisual Recordings of Child Custody Interviews

What backup systems do you have in place to not only maintain records, but to prevent the destruction of records?
12 minute read

Law.com

How Law Firms Can Avoid A Summer of Cyberattack Threats

Summer at law firms creates an attack surface that hackers love to take advantage of. Legal and support staff rotate through vacations and time off, new crops of interns unfamiliar with tech processes enter the fold, and the remaining employees are often burned out and too distracted to notice the critical signs of an impending cyberattack.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Articulating the Nuances of Defendants' Right to Self-Representation in Criminal Trials

If a criminal defendant chooses self-representation, there must be a thorough record that the decision was "knowing and intelligent," made with the understanding of the constitutional right to representation.
11 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Maximizing Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases

Litigants should emphasize less obvious economic losses such as loss of household services, which can form a significant and very real financial loss to a family.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Deposition Skills 101: A Lawyer's Behavior Matters

Alan Feigenbaum offers his opinion on why professionalism at deposition is something that needs more attention in the practice of law.
6 minute read

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