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Texas Lawyer

Jumpstart Trial Planning to Increase Odds of Success at Trial

By identifying trial themes at the outset of the case, trial attorneys can streamline their cases and prepare it for trial in a more cost-effective and efficient manner.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

The Immense 'Operation Bloodline' Was No Ordinary Drug Bust

In May 2012, the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut and other law enforcement agencies, rounded up a state-record 105 defendants following a massive investigation into narcotics sales and gang violence in New Haven.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Philadelphia Judge Throws Out Plaintiffs' Experts in Dental-Cream Litigation

Defendants Procter & Gamble and Rite-Aid have won their global motion to exclude the general-causation experts of the last 12 state-court plaintiffs who allege that their exposure to zinc from denture adhesive creams caused them to develop an irreversible neurologic condition.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Criminal Case Gives Rise to Evidentiary Brain-Teasers

Paul Shechtman, a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder, analyzes the Court of Appeals' 4-3 ruling in 'People v. Morris,' which poses questions about Molineux evidence, the hearsay rule, and the effectiveness of limiting instructions.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

New Study Aid for Law Students: Evidence Challenge

Law school is not a walk in the park or at least not many people think so. Now LexisNexis Legal & Professional is offering second- and third-year law students a new study aid to help them grasp evidence law.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Must Decide if Firm Documents Are Protected From Discovery

In litigation it said has "consumed significant judicial resources," the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that a Philadelphia trial judge failed to address why 30 documents he compelled Blue Bell, Pa.-based Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein to hand over to the plaintiffs in a wrongful use of civil proceedings and abuse of process suit were not protected by attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Protests Greet BP's Demand for Claims Report Documents

BP PLC wants access to documents detailing flaws in the distribution of Deepwater Horizon oil-spill claims only to feed its public relations campaign against the $9.6 billion settlement, lawyers who filed objections to the move argued this week.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Expert's Refusal to Testify May Warrant Use of Former Testimony

In Carroll v. Philip Morris USA, C.A. No. 03C-08-167 (January 2, 2014), the Delaware Superior Court reminded litigants of the need to be prepared to confront the testimony of unavailable witnesses, not just witnesses expected to testify live. Generally, a witness's out-of-court statements would constitute hearsay, defined as out-of-court statements offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted, and would be inadmissible. However, the numerous exceptions to the exclusion of hearsay are well established, including situations when a witness is unavailable. As Carroll shows, the application of the unavailability exception can be unpredictable and, sometimes, surprising.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Pennsylvania Judge Applies Third Restatement to Products Liability Case

A products liability plaintiff will not get a new trial in a case in which judge also ruled that the Restatement (Third) of Torts should apply to the claim.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Board Of Contributors: Technology Allows Better Oversight At Lower Costs

E-discovery technology breakthroughs allow better oversight and efficiency of document review at lower costs, writes Ralf R. Rodriguez of Peckar & Abramson.
5 minute read

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