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When to Stipulate in Personal-Injury Trials
Win a few plaintiffs' cases and the reward is supposed to be better cases, writes Anthony Spaeth. Plaintiffs lawyers work their way up from slip-and-falls to rollovers, then maybe onto roof collapses and oil well blowouts. Ultimately, a wrongful-death beneficiary walks into the office with a willful OSHA violation in hand and the plaintiffs lawyer says, "Ma'am, I think I can help you with this."All Bets Off As Carpenter Takes Stand In Defense
Beth Ann Carpenter said she feared courtroom work, finding it very intimidating and wanted a career in transactional work when she started practice in 1992. But last week she was in the thick of it-sometimes in tears-as the surprise star witness at her own murder-for-hire case, joining the battle to keep her from a life prison sentence.Following in Miguel Estrada's Footsteps
Following in Miguel Estrada's footsteps ... One corporate scandal headed to arbitration ... Woman's plight prompts calls for softer sentencing ... In defense of Scalia ... Cop's comment scuttles carjacking confessionLaw Firms May Dodge Malpractice Bullet at Calif. High Court
Giving a client years more to sue a law firm for malpractice apparently didn't sound like such a swell idea to the California Supreme Court. Not even if that client continues to be represented by one of the firm's former lawyers. The idea got a cool reception Wednesday during oral arguments in a case that saw nine major law firms and two large county bar associations filing briefs as amici curiae to oppose the concept. California appellate courts are split on the issue.MoFo Chair Plans a New York Relocation
After 23 years in Morrison & Foerster's San Francisco office, Keith Wetmore says of his move to the Big Apple: "It became clear that a firmwide presence [there] might be helpful."Trending Stories
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