7/21/2009 9:18:57 PM EST In this Emerging Issues Analysis, Paul R. Kiesel and Steve Williams report that California's new Electronic Discovery Act, effective June 29, 2009, makes comprehensive changes in California la ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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4/17/2009 10:40:18 AM EST
In two recent landmark cases, Arbino v. Johnson & Johnson, 880 N.E.2d 420 (2007), and Groch v. General Motors Corp. , 883 N.E.2d 377 (2008), the Ohio supreme court uphe ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/8/2008 7:51:42 PM EST Posted by Sky W. SmithAttorney, Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis L.L.P. Kentucky is no stranger to indemnity claims, but how does a Kentucky court reconcile the conflict between the state apportionment statute and the common law principle of implied equitable indemnity? Equally important, how can one defend against such a ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/17/2008 5:38:24 PM EST Where a product-liability count is barred by the statute of limitations, is a second count, alleging spoliation of evidence, also barred? This commentary, written by Joseph B. McDonnell, an experienced Illinois litigator, examines considerations for th ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/17/2008 9:30:31 PM EST Michael S. Levine, a senior associate in the McLean, Virginia office of Hunton & Williams LLP, practices in the firm's insurance and reinsurance group. He discusses the recent rash of product recalls due to the presence of lead in the products, whi ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/17/2008 9:22:56 PM EST In late summer and early fall of 2007, a group of law professors submitted proposals to the American Bar Association's Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility aimed at rectifying what they assert are commonplace improprieties inherent in ce ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/17/2008 4:29:09 PM EST David Nissenberg, a leading expert and author in the field of truck accident litigation, reviews the practical, legal, and technological issues arising in connection with driving large commercial vehicles in adverse weather conditions. His commentary d ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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1/30/2008 9:02:37 AM EST
In September 2006, the federal district court for the Eastern District of New ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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4/23/2008 3:01:44 PM EST Posted by J. David PrinceProfessor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law; Of Counsel, Larson King Professor J. David Prince analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding federal preemption in Continue reading >> Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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4/29/2008 8:36:37 PM EST Each day in America there are more than 800,000 shipments of hazardous materials that are transported across highways by tractor-tailor rigs. On a single stretch of highway in Augusta C ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/9/2008 5:08:08 PM EST
High risk activities (such as those at health clubs, ski resorts, skydiving companies, horse stables, paintball facilities, etc.) routinely require the participant to sign a waiver befo ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/9/2008 4:09:35 PM EST
The recent collapse of the Minneapolis I-35W bridge serves as a dramatic reminder of how excess weight on a load-bearing surface can have disastrous consequences. Excess weight in conne ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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1/7/2008 10:54:47 AM EST In Massachusetts v. EPA , 127 S. Ct. 1438 (U.S. 2007), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/17/2008 4:43:31 PM EST Robert C. Clifford discusses the issues raised by the California Supreme Court's decision in Wils ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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