Filter This View

  • June 7, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Getting e-Discovery Admitted

    It was our first night in the suburbs, and we learned the hard way why raccoons wear masks as we surveyed the carnage they had made of our garbage. We were drilling eye hooks into the wall so that

    1 minute read

  • February 2, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Discovery: Just Admit It

    Admit it -- requests for admission evoke a bit of terror. Your opponent is setting you up for disaster. Admit and your opponent will use your admissions to get summary judgment or make her lif

    1 minute read

  • March 2, 2009 | Legal Times

    Some Justice Department Lawyers Have Gitmo Conflicts

    More than a dozen new Justice Department lawyers have come from private firms representing Guantanamo Bay detainees, creating potential conflicts of interest as the agency begins its review of roug

    1 minute read

  • June 11, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Don't Let Your E-Evidence Get Trashed

    It was our first night in the suburbs, and we learned the hard way why raccoons wear masks as we surveyed the carnage they had made of our garbage. We were drilling eye hooks into the wall so that

    1 minute read

  • November 29, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Discovery: The Vestigial Rule

    All right, let's see a show of hands. How many of you have taken a deposition prior to the commencement of an action to perpetuate testimony pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 27? We've been practici

    1 minute read

  • July 23, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Discovery: Sworn Mulligans

    Ah, wouldn't life be grand if we had a redo button. But, except for golf, where we duffers have institutionalized the mulligan in total abrogation of the actual rules of the game, there is no

    1 minute read

  • August 11, 2005 | National Law Journal

    The Overlooked Rule 31 Deposition

    "A pessimist," said Woody Allen, "confronted with two bad choices, chooses both." A lawyer, confronted with several inadequate choices, chooses them all, yet probably overlooks an important ad

    1 minute read

  • October 14, 2005 | National Law Journal

    The Acid Test for Discovery

    Acid test. The term was coined, as you no doubt know, during the California Gold Rush, when sulfuric acid was applied to yellow ore. If it turned blue, what you had was copper (it had become c

    1 minute read

  • November 26, 2002 | Corporate Counsel

    Punch The Clock

    Exelon lawyers may grouse about having to track time-but most plan to stick around all the same. Likelihood you will be at this Surveycompany two years from now Exelon Averages I won't be here

    1 minute read

  • July 31, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Associates Survey 2008 City

    On th

    1 minute read