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July 25, 2013 |

Jury Awards $190 Million for Asbestos Exposure

Each of the five plaintiffs will receive between $20 million and $60 million from the defendant boiler companies. According to plaintiffs' counsel, the $60 million awards are the largest ever given to individuals in asbestos cases in New York.
2 minute read
June 13, 2013 |

Up and Down They Go: Big Changes in Ranks on the NLJ 350

If you're following the results of the NLJ 350, you already know which firms gained and lost the most attorneys in 2012. But there's another perspective on highs and lows, involving the firms' rankings year over year.
7 minute read
April 08, 2013 |

Don't Ruin the Texas Jury Charge

Let's recognize the benefits of our superior procedure for submitting jury questions. Put the instructions and definitions where they belong: right after the question and before the answer blank. And don't ruin the Texas jury charge.
3 minute read
September 09, 2013 |

To Win Cases, Remember K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid)

The appellate lawyer's job is to come in after the trial and kill all the survivors. And after nearly a quarter century of killing survivors, Robert B. Gilbreath is convinced that the first cousin to Occam's razor -- the K.I.S.S. principle -- applies to litigation. Building a case from the ground up on the simplest possible legal framework always produces better results.
4 minute read
June 24, 2013 |

Listen Up, Mr. or Ms. Know-It-All

We lawyers tend to have healthy egos and believe we're always right, writes Robert B. Gilbreath. We're extremely competitive, too. So, it's hard to accept guidance from other lawyers. But, to be blunt, it's a stupid mistake to resist this kind of teamwork.
4 minute read

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