A party’s position in litigation can be impaired by the destruction, alteration or loss of evidence. Attorneys Jeffrey Shapiro and Neville Leslie explain how parties may have their actions derailed or dismissed for spoliation of evidence.
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Two-and-a-half years after electronic filing became mandatory in New Jersey’s federal courts, court officials say lawyers are sending in paper documents each week that should have been filed online. But that number is diminishing, thanks in part to training offered by the district court.
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A few weeks ago, I participated in this discussion at Avvo, a new lawyer directory and ratings system. Mark Britton and Avvo didn’t participate in the show, but now, their position was clarified with the filing of this 34-page, footnote-packed…
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In a brief but highly unusual order issued this morning, the Supreme Court reversed course and agreed to hear the Guantanamo detainee case, concerning the constitutionality of the administration’s policy of detaining so-called enemy combatants without allowing them to challenge…
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So what if your firm wasn’t selected to represent a defendant in a big-time trial? You can still gain benefits by becoming a trial groupie — hanging out at the courthouse, observing the trial (perhaps even live-blogging it at breaks)…
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Ah, leave it to lawyers to put the kibbosh on what seems like a terrific way for law students and lawyers to stand out from the crowd when job hunting and marketing. As this blog post by Dave Lefkow of…
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Case name: Peter Bissell and Sherry Bissell v. Town of Amherst v. McGonigle & Hilger Roofing Co. Case number: 2002/5861
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NEW ORLEANS - The twice-unsuccessful plaintiff in the nation’s first federal Vioxx trial will get a third bite at the apple because a defense expert cardiologist misrepresented his qualifications to the jury, saying he was board qualified when he was not (In Re: VIOXX Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1657, Evelyn Irvin Plunkett v. Merck & […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A jury should have been allowed to determine whether an insured proved that contaminated sugar was property damage by establishing that cookie dough was adulterated and unsaleable, a Minnesota appeals court found June 26, granting a new trial (United Sugars Corp. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co., No. A06-1933, […]
Today, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, which ruled that use of race by public school systems as one factor in assigning students to school is unconstitutional. At the…
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