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Fort Worth Court of Appeals Upholds $180M Mineral Rights Deal

Had the Nortex group prevailed, defense attorney for Blackbeard, Alston & Bird partner Rob Vartebedian said they would likely have asked for damages in the neighborhood of $100 million.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Firms on Offense to Serve Elusive Defendant

"It was quite an easy win, but you had to find him and get that video to make it an easy win," said plaintiff counsel Michael Lotto of the Ward Law Group.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

DeKalb Jury Returns $38.6M Verdict Against Emory After Teen's Death

"The crux of the case was the failure to obtain a chest CT [scan] after the placement of the mechanical heart pump and before the heart transplant over a year later," said plaintiff counsel Lee Gutschenritter of Finch McCranie in Atlanta.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

These Attorneys Just Helped Exxon Sidestep a $40M Lawsuit

"We are gratified that an attentive and conscientious jury listened carefully to the evidence and agreed with the company that gasoline did not and cannot cause the development of leukemia," lead counsel for the defendant, Ty Buthod of Baker Botts, said.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

10 Witness Preparation Tips for New Lawyers

The following list of tips is by no means exhaustive. Instead, it is designed to give new lawyers a guide on important considerations when preparing a witness to testify. The following insights apply equally to expert witnesses; however, experts have additional factors to account for, which are not discussed here.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Pass Rate on California's July Bar Exam Dips Slightly to 51.5%

The success rate for those taking the exam for the first time in July was 64.8%. That figure dropped to 24.1% for applicants repeating the test.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$4.7M in Attorney Fees: McKool Smith Notches Victory in Dallas Trial

"What complicated the case for us is normally when you're asking for attorneys fees, the jury has seen the underlying case. The fruits of that work play out in the courtroom," lead plaintiffs attorney Alan Loewinsohn said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Dougherty County $2.5M Verdict for Delivery Driver Pinned by Farmer's Tractor

"We felt good about the trial and agreed on a high/low," said plaintiff attorney J.L. King II of The King Firm in Tifton. "The high/low had a significant gap between the high number and the low number."
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jury Awards Podhurst Orseck Client $7.5M Verdict Against Chinese Manufacturer

"Up until 21 days before trial, we were the defendant being sued for $13.5 million and had to develop the trial strategy for defeating those claims," said Stephen Rosenthal, a partner at Podhurst Orseck.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Worth More Dead Than Alive? Here's What Recent Verdicts Say About Jurors

"I think wrongful-death verdicts are a lot higher than they used to historically be ... but it's so dependent on [the facts of each case]," said plaintiff attorney Jeff R. Harris of Harris Lowry Manton.
8 minute read

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