May 25, 2021

Is Memorial Day a Court Holiday for Filing Purposes?

The fear of accidently missing a filing deadline is what keeps litigators up at night. Sleep better, after reviewing our guidance on court deadlines. READ NOW » Related Content Deadlines in Civil Litigation Chart (Federal) See a chart listing the...
May 18, 2021

You’ve Binged Parks and Recreation, Now Binge Civil Litigation

Practical Guidance has so much civil litigation content that we’ve become bingeworthy. So clear your schedule, get some snacks, and stream our resource kits. READ NOW » Related Content Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine Resource...
May 11, 2021

What Do Mother’s Day and Court Deadlines Have in Common?

The consequences for missing Mother’s Day or a litigation deadline can both be game changing. So set a calendar alert for Mother’s Day 2022 (hint: May 8), and check out our civil litigation deadlines chart. READ NOW » Related Content Computing...
May 04, 2021

This May 4, May the Forum Be With You

We all hate it when we want to litigate in one galactic forum, but our adversary goes and files in a desert planet overrun with scavengers. Don’t lose hope, and check out our new strategies for removing cases to federal court. READ NOW » Related...
April 27, 2021

So You’ve Just Moved In-House, Now What?

Transitioning from the litigation department at a firm to an in-house gig can feel like going from the front lines of a war to the Pentagon. Put down your bazooka, and check out our In-House Civil Litigation Resource Kit. READ NOW » Related Content ...
April 20, 2021

“Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pulled Me Back In”: Handling Settlement Snags

Just like iconic mobster Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Part III , you may think that you’ve finally extricated yourself from a daunting matter (in your case, associated with a billing code) when something comes along that threatens to blow the whole...
April 13, 2021

Mirror Mirror on the Wall, What Pandemic Litigation Practices Will Fall?

The notion that civil litigation will simply return to the way things were before the pandemic is unrealistic. We bring out our magic mirror to predict what will stay and what will go. READ NOW » Related Content Litigation Strategies in the Age of...
April 06, 2021

If You Represent Corporations, You Need to Know About SCOTUS’s Change to Personal Jurisdiction Test

The U.S. Supreme Court, in its March 2021 decision in Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District , shook up the test for assessing personal jurisdiction over corporate defendants. Specifically, the Court held that Ford’s contacts “affiliated”...
March 29, 2021

What Legendary UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden Might Have Said About Brief Writing

As the Final Four® basketball tournaments barrel toward an exciting conclusion, we point out the similarities between motion practice and March Madness®. There’s a winner and a loser. There are upsets aplenty. And, as John Wooden preached, the little...
March 23, 2021

What REO Speedwagon Taught Us All About Hearsay

We all know, thanks to 1980s supergroup REO Speedwagon, that information you heard from a friend, who heard it from a friend, who heard it from another about a third-party messing around, is inadmissible hearsay. Yet evidentiary issues are often trickier than that...
March 16, 2021

The ABC Mouse for Document Retention: Train Your Corporate Employees With Our PowerPoint® Slides

As in-house counsel, teaching a (virtual) room full of employees—eyes glazed over, phones out, labored breathing—about their obligations under the company’s document retention policy is one challenging rodeo. We’ve made it easier for you...
March 09, 2021

Adventures in Lawyering: When Your Client Insists on Performing Surgery During a Virtual Trial

A California surgeon recently appeared for a virtual trial wearing hospital scrubs. When the court clerk noted that it looked like he was in an operating room, the doctor confirmed that he was, but said he was nonetheless available for the hearing, and then proceeded...
March 02, 2021

How New York is Trying to “Times-Squarify” its Supreme Court

Practice in New York’s Supreme Court has often felt like the old Times Square, with its loose general civil procedure rules that allowed, for example, a party to serve an unlimited number of interrogatories and depose a party well into the night. In a sign...
February 25, 2021

“I Am Not a Cat”: Avoid Embarrassing Litigation Stumbles During the Pandemic

As a Texas attorney learned when his Zoom filter displayed him as a kitty during a virtual court hearing, litigating during the pandemic has not been easy. Find out what you can do to avoid becoming the next pandemic meme. READ FULL ARTICLE » Related...
February 16, 2021

Is Your Adversary a Buffoon? Tips for Taming the Beast

Your adversary’s rude or obstructionist actions could be their natural behavior or a calculated strategy to make your job more difficult. Either way, you must deal with this misconduct to protect your client’s interests. READ NOW » Related...