"[T]he only support for Defendant's statements about Plaintiff is that Defendant's 'spiritual investigation' into the murders using 'intuitive tarot readings' led her to Plaintiff." From today's ...

Due process requires that a plaintiff provide the defendant with fair notice of the plaintiff’s claims. As this recent post-trial decision shows, the failure to give fair notice can procedurally bar ...

Defendant as Plaintiff’s Expert Witness: Part 2 In Part 2 of his two-part series, Robert Genis explores how plaintiffs can examine defendants as expert witnesses, including the breadth of permissible ...

Plaintiff, a workers' compensation insurer, filed a legal malpractice action against former defense counsel, alleging that counsel was negligent in defending a workers' compensation claim by admitting ...

When the parties to a lawsuit come to an initial agreement on the terms of a financial settlement, it’s easy to think that the attorneys’ hard work is done. The truth is, that agreement act kicks off ...

From Sidya v. Kmache, decided today by Magistrate Judge Regina Edwards (W.D. Ky.) (see this recent news story for more on Sidya and this Facebook page that appears to be Kmache's, and which reports ...

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Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...