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Recent Posts from Lean and Mean Litigation Blog

• IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE - LESSONS FROM MADOFF AND MR. PONZI

  Over my over thirty years as a complex litigator I have, unfortunately, had the opportunity to represent individuals and classes of investors who have been the victims of Ponzi schemes. In the early days of…

• Lean and Mean Litigation Blog's Author Joins New Firm

  I am pleased to announce that on February 1, 2009, I became Of Counsel to Futterman Howard Watkins Wylie & Ashley, Chtd. a Chicago based litigation boutique. They are a great group of lawyers and…

• Deciding Who To Depose [Part II]

  In Part I of "Deciding Who to Depose" I discussed why a blunderbuss approach to creating a deposition program is inadvisable - both because of litigation costs and litigation strategy. Today's post is about the…

• Out of Control Profession - Or What Have You Done For Me Lately?

  In an article discussing the ousting of the chairman of Cadwalader [click here] - one of the new mega NYC based firms - detailing how their "profits per partner" were down to $2.7 million and…

• To All Aspiring Litigators - Get Thee To A Courtroom

  Today it is tougher than ever for young aspiring litigators to get hands on in court experience. More and more young litigators are becoming litigation partners having never tried a case let alone first chair…

• THE DANGERS OF RELYING ON E-DISCOVERY SOFTWARE EXPOSED AND WHY A CLAWBACK PROVISION IS THE WAY TO GO

  Not sure why but I received a client alert bulletin from one of the ALM top 10 firms [I am not a client and have been adverse to this firm many times]. The bulletin advised…

• ARE WE LAWYERS OR MBAs?

  Click here to read an article that to me reflects much about the problems that confront our profession and the clients we serve. It discusses how a mega rainmaking litigation partner - purportedly bringing in…

• CORRECTION - ON GET THEE TO A COURTROOM

  For those of you who may have automatically received a post from this blog entitled "For Aspiring Litigators - Get Thee to A Courtroom", as you may have surmised, this was not supposed to have…

• The Faustian Deal and Why We Litigators Must Change The Way We Practice

  Perhaps because I have a son who is about to enter the profession and perhaps because he is a coveted recruit, I write this post as a small and quiet call for a new paradigm…

• WHAT IS ALL THE HUBUB ABOUT E-DISCOVERY?

  We have all seen them - various consulting firms advertising their new software programs for e-discovery consulting services. Some of them even provide testimonials from various major firms - about how this or that consulting…