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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Project Dispute on the Horizon? Put Your Money in a Bucket.

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The following hypothetical might be familiar to some readers: An existing or prospective client comes into your office for a consultation a...
Monday, December 14, 2015

Second Circuit Denies Retroactive Application of Arbitration Clauses

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The Second Circuit’s recent decision in Holick v. Cellular Sales of New York, LLC , 802 F.3d 391 (2nd Cir. 2015), did not involve a constru...
Monday, December 7, 2015

Paper Experts, Part II: How a CV Can Create Apparent Experience

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Last week, we had Part 1 of our two-part discussion regarding how an expert's curriculum vitae can create the impression of experience t...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Paper Experts: How a CV Can Create Apparent Expertise

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Jim Cohen In May, Jim Cohen of Thornton Tomasetti  and Dan Valentine of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.  (along with D ispute Resolver...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

ABA Forum on Construction Law's Reserve Spending Program -- Proposals Due March 2, 2016

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Starting in September 2016, the ABA Forum on Construction Law will fund innovative and extraordinary special projects that advance long ter...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Getting Beyond Emotion in Mediations

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Wendy Fassberg Legal research and scientific research -- especially in the psychological realm -- overlap from time to time. A recent a...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Speedier With a Few More Sticks: The Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

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On December 1, 2015 the federal courts will put into effect amendments to Civil Rules 1, 4, 16, 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 55, and 84.   A s...
Monday, November 16, 2015

New Feature: The Litigation Tech Tip

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At the Fall Meeting Division 1 lunch in Austin, local Texas attorney Karl Seelbach  of Doyle & Seelbach provided a great demonstration ...