For The Defense
The blog is an outgrowth of DRI's monthly magazine for the defense bar. Like the magazine, the blog is specifically aimed at lawyers who defend the interests of businesses and individuals in civil litigation.
Author: This is a group blog sponsored by DRI's magazine by the same name, For The Defense.
Blawg Related Categories: Bar Associations • Trials & Litigation • Legal News Publication • Private Defense
Recent Posts from For The Defense
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Avoiding Malpractice: Amendment to Alabama Rule of Civil Procedure 58 and Failing to Apply to Timely Appeal
The continuing evolution of electronic-filing in federal and state courts has revolutionized case management in clerks’ offices throughout the country. In order to account for that continuing evolution in Alabama specifically, the Alabama Supreme Court…
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Eleventh Circuit Permits Post-Hoc Claim Explanations Under De Novo Review
In Martinez-Claib v. Business Men's Assurance Co. of America and Met. Life Ins. Corp., 2009 U.S. App. Lexis 23074 (11th Cir.), the Eleventh Circuit held that post-hoc arguments or explanations for a claim decision are…
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Promises that are too Good to be True...
Regardless of how we feel about lawyer advertising (I'm old enough to remember when it was mostly not allowed and then when it was pretty limited), many of us in areas affected by the mortgage…
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Grounds for Vacating Arbitrator's Award
While the case is under California state law, the willingness of the California court to vacate a clearly wrong Arbitrator's award in Buriage v. Superior Court, 2009 DJDAR 14999 is refreshing to see. It appeared…
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Using PDF Software to Improve Efficiency and Economy
Have you or your team of paralegals have ever spent hours compiling an appendix or a document production, only to discover a missing page that ruins your numbering system? Have you ever been frustrated reviewing…
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Insurance Attorney Beware
Insurance Attorney Beware? In American Family v. DeWitt, No. 08SC308 (Colo. October 13, 2009), the Colorado Supreme court affirmed the trial court’s judgment. The Court determined that a jury as fact-finder in a UM/UIM subrogation…
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Failing to take prompt reasonable steps once notified of an inadvertent production results in privilege waiver – you’ve now entered the Twilight Zone
Attached is an article written by Steve Puiszis, DRI's State Rep to Illinois, which originally appeared on Practical Ediscovery, a blog sponsored by Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP. United States v. Sensient Colors, Inc., 2009 WL…
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Counting To Seven: New Federal Rules Change How Due Dates in Litigation are Calculated
Originally posted at Jim Beck and Mark Herrmann’s Drug & Device Law Blog Charles R. Beans, of Goodman McGuffey Lindsey & Johnson, LLP, in Atlanta, contributed the following guest post. We thank him for his…
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Seventh Circuit’s Electronic Discovery Pilot Program
Attached is an article written by Steve Puiszis, DRI's State Rep to Illinois, which originally appeared on Practical Ediscovery, a blog sponsored by Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP. Recently, the Seventh Circuit announced its Electronic Discovery…
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State court ediscovery rules scorecard
Attached is an article written by Steve Puiszis, DRI's State Rep to Illinois, which originally appeared on Practical Ediscovery, a blog sponsored by Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP. Anyone old enough to remember when Jack Brickhouse…