The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David R. Cohen and Todd R. Fairman | February 5, 2018
Most lawyers know to advise their clients to preserve evidence in their “care, custody or control” relevant to pending or threatened litigation. But exactly how far does “control” go? Can a party be sanctioned for spoliation for failing to issue a legal hold notice to a third party who has no obligation to follow your legal hold instructions?
By Jenna Greene | February 4, 2018
Melvyn Weiss, the co-founder of now-defunct Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, died in his sleep on Feb. 2 at the age of 82, his son's law firm, Seeger Weiss announced on Friday.
By Christine Payne and Michelle Six | February 2, 2018
Electronic discovery gets a bad rap. Most lawyers find it unappetizing, high risk, and unglamorous. This perspective, however, overlooks a key litigation opportunity: developing e-discovery strategy hand in hand with trial strategy. It's the best approach for achieving solid results for your clients.
By Ben Hancock | February 2, 2018
For Charles Verhoeven and Bill Carmody, the highly anticipated trial about to get underway between Waymo and Uber is a chance for a re-match.
By Cogan Schneier | February 1, 2018
"Real friends don't have to bribe each other," said Norton Rose Fulbright's Abbe Lowell. "They help each other because they're friends."
By Xiumei Dong | February 1, 2018
Two weeks after Boies Schiller Flexner raided Keker, Van Nest & Peters for one of its top young litigators, another partner has left the Bay Area-based litigation boutique for Davis Polk & Wardwell.
By Cogan Schneier | February 1, 2018
The lawyers said the reason for their withdrawal would be explained in an upcoming motion to be filed under seal.
By Katheryn Tucker | February 1, 2018
The settlement resolves five wrongful death and 12 personal injury cases resulting from the crash of a church bus that was headed home to Statesville, North Carolina, in October 2013.
By Cogan Schneier | January 31, 2018
US Foods and Sysco sued major chicken producers in federal court in Illinois on Tuesday.
By Colby Hamilton | January 31, 2018
DiCarmine was acquitted in 2017 at a second jury trial of fraud and conspiracy charges related to the collapse of the firm five years prior.
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