Quentin Brogdon

December 06, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

"‘The one ring to rule them all’ in "The Lord of the Rings" is the ultimate symbol of absolute power. There is no similar absolute ‘one rule to rule them all’ in trial law in Texas, but there is a rule powerful enough to be called simply ‘the Rule,’” according to Quentin Brogdon of Crain Brogdon.

By Quentin Brogdon

8 minute read

October 25, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

"Although the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination is not absolute, the Texas Supreme Court found it trumps the discovery needs of civil litigants, even if the privilege effectively bars a civil action from proceeding forward," according to Quentin Brogdon of Crain Brogdon.

By Quentin Brogdon

7 minute read

October 09, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

"If James Carville had been a personal injury trial lawyer, he no doubt would have told us, 'It's the client, stupid,'" according to Quentin Brogdon of Crain Brogdon.

By Quentin Brogdon

8 minute read

August 13, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

"Jurors' brains process visual images 60,000 times faster than text, and jurors have a faster, stronger emotional reaction to visuals than words, alone. Visuals cause emotional reactions in jurors that increase information retention and motivate jurors to act," according to Quentin Brogdon of Crain Brogdon.

By Quentin Brogdon

6 minute read

March 15, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

"An amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 no doubt will raise the hurdles to be cleared by experts in the eyes of some federal judges, but the Committee Note accompanying the amendment should provide some comfort to the proponents of expert testimony," according to Quentin Brogdon of Crain Brogdon.

By Quentin Brogdon

7 minute read

January 02, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

The first hurdle to be cleared is relevance. The second hurdle is the authentication hurdle, but the authentication hurdle is not as high as many lawyers seem to believe.

By Quentin Brogdon

9 minute read

November 20, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Must we stand idly by as we lament civility's death, or is there something we can do to revive civility as it gasps its last breaths?

By Quentin Brogdon

8 minute read

September 18, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

We will need further opinions from the Texas Supreme Court to clarify where we now stand.

By Quentin Brogdon

9 minute read

July 21, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

An employer's continued retention of an employee after wrongdoing is not conclusive evidence of the employer's ratification of the employee's bad acts, but it is one of the factors a jury may consider.

By Quentin Brogdon

8 minute read

June 02, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The concern about the proliferation of non-lawyer ownership of law firms is not a theoretical one. The largest U.S. accounting firms already practice law in just about every country that allows it.

By Quentin Brogdon

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