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February 5, 2010

Madoff One Year Later: A Litigation Tsunami?

Bernie Madoff’s long-running $65 billion dollar Ponzi game was exposed for all the world to see when he was arrested on December 11, 2008. The end of the Madoff scheme signaled the start of a litigation storm that will employ armies of lawyers for many years to come.
February 2010

Proposed Legislation to Regulate Credit Default Swaps and Other OTC Derivatives: Who Does Greater Market Transparency Benefit?

There is a marked urgency in Washington to regulate Credit Default Swaps and other Over-the-Counter (OTC) derivatives. But to what do we owe this sense of urgency?
Winter 2010

Out of the Frye Pan and Into the Fire: Handling Frye-Mack Challenges in your Products Liability Case

Minnesota Trial, Journal of the Minnesota Association for Justice
Hardly a case goes to trial these days without an expert witness. Expert witnesses often make or break a case, particularly in a complex products liability case. But trial lawyers often have a difficult time getting that testimony admitted.
January 27, 2010

Spoliation 2.0

BuLITS: Business Litigation Trial Strategies
Plaintiffs may have a duty to adjust regular document and data maintenance policies even before an action is filed.
January 26, 2010

Bruising Biologics Battle Erupts

Orthopedics This Week
The gloves have come off in the cold war between Atlanta-based, CryoLife and St. Paul-based Medafor, Inc., represented by Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
January 19, 2010

Iqbal Aftermath: More Than Before

BuLITS: Business Litigation Trial Strategies
Debate continues on the impact of Iqbal and Twombly. Clearly, the two decisions will continue to shape pleading and court questions of sufficiency for the foreseeable future.
Winter 2010

A Perspective from Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Attorneys

Professionalism in Medicine: A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students, edited by John Spandorfer, Charles A. Pohl, Susan L. Rattner and Thomas J. Nasca, pp. 209-210.
The relationship between doctor and patient is marked by a level of trust rarely found in other professions. This trust is the result of an age-old commitment by physicians to honor one basic creed: to place the interests of the patients they serve above all else.
January 2010 Enhanced Persuasion: Effective Use of Demonstrative Evidence at Trial

Enhanced Persuasion: Effective Use of Demonstrative Evidence at Trial

The Advocate
The most effective way for a lawyer to communicate information to a jury is through the use of demonstrative evidence.
January 11, 2010 LEED Buildings Are Sprouting All Over, but They Come With a Price

LEED Buildings Are Sprouting All Over, but They Come With a Price

Los Angeles Daily Journal
Score one point if you reuse scraps from your construction project. Add another point if your materials come from within 500 miles of your building site...
January 6, 2010

Privilege Primer

BuLITS: Business Litigation Trial Strategies
There are two layers to the attorney work product privilege.
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