The number of product liability lawsuits continues to rise, with pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers among the targets of many of these filings. According to a Lex Machina® report on federal product liability litigation trends, pharmaceutical and...
Summary Establish Your Goals for Each Witness Structure Your Questions to Box Witnesses In Strategically Use Constructive & Deconstructive Cross-Examination Know Witnesses’ Prior Testimony Inside & Out Keep Your Cool with Uncooperative...
You can call the Netflix® true crime serial “Tiger King” a lot of things. It’s a story about society’s fascination with exotic animals and the price of keeping them in captivity. It’s a story about drugs, politics, arson, reality...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented pause in litigation. For the first time in 100 years, the Supreme Court of the United States has postponed oral arguments , California state courts have postponed trials and Pennsylvania state courts are closed...
Over a decade since its introduction, the Reptile Theory continues to make a notable impact on personal injury litigation in the United States. The theory, first introduced in Reptile: the 2009 Manual of the Plaintiff’s Revolution by David Ball and Don...
You’re probably already familiar with LinkedIn®. It’s a popular networking site that’s designed for professionals across the entire spectrum of industries, from C-suite executives to gigging musicians. The site allows individuals to upload...
We’re guessing that many lawyers—perhaps even you—have had an issue come up in litigation regarding an adversary or a third party and thought, “If only we could have known what their website said about this topic back then.” When...
These days, it seems a new legal tech company emerges every week, with new entrants coming on the market in droves, all claiming to offer the “best” solutions for lawyers. Small law firms are in a strong position to innovate and adopt technologies aimed...
The good news: there’s more potentially case-making intelligence available than ever before. The bad news: there’s more potentially case-making intelligence available than ever before. We’re talking oceans of data strung across seemingly disparate...