After the heartbreaking election-day passage of Proposition 8, far-flung spontaneous protests, and a flurry of action in the courts, many understandably are confused about what comes next on the marriage equality front in California.   At...

Rule 4.2 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct instructs us that “In representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the representation with a party the lawyer knows to be represented by another lawyer in the matter,...

When President Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, he talked not only about her broad legal experience and distinguished career, but also about the importance of empathy – the ability to walk in someone...

On Tuesday, the California Supreme Court, in Strauss v. Horton , 2009 Cal. LEXIS 4626 (Cal. May 26, 2009), upheld Proposition 8, which was approved by the voters last fall and banned same-sex marriages in California. The decision, though, leaves intact...

Recently I discussed the continued viability of punitive damages, examining the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Tennessee in Flax v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. , 272 S.W.3d 521 (Tenn. 2008). Although Tennessee is perceived to be a pro-business, politically...

Procedures for handling requests for discovery of electronically stored information such as e-mails, word processing documents, spreadsheets and other data files, as well as metadata contained in such files, is an ongoing subject of frequent controversy within...

Class actions, which allow a relatively small number of plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit and seek relief on behalf of a large class of similarly situated parties, have been around for many years. The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 is aimed at controlling...

In Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp. , a magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California has awarded one of the highest monetary sanctions awards ever for misconduct relating to e-discovery. The district court subsequently...

Overall, the first wave of the subprime class action litigation, which centers on allegations of misstatements/delayed statements by public companies to their shareholders concerning the extent of collateralized debt obligation (CDO)-related losses, can be...

Expert witnesses are used in a wide range of litigation and their opinions are often viewed as critical—frequently they can make or breach a case….Yet, despite their importance, few attorneys take the time to utilize the proper resources to find...

LexisNexis Total Litigator is the only litigation platform that incorporates trusted content and tools organized into the tasks of the litigation life-cycle, from early case assessment through trial preparation, so it's built around the way litigators work,...

CaseMap is the central repository for critical case knowledge that can be used to organize information about the key facts, documents, cast of characters, issues, and case law in every matter. CaseMap software makes it easy to analyze these case details and...

The CaseMap Fundamentals webinar series teaches the key features you'll want to know to get up and rolling with CaseMap. Six brief webinars, most under 12 minutes long, make up this "Basics" course. They're all available 24/7 so you can take...