Why litigators become less intelligent in group-mediation settings

Does high pressure create a “dumbing down” syndrome?

Jeffrey Krivis

From Issue: 2012 August

Profile: John McGuinn

Veteran employment attorney still going strong after five decades of practicing law

Stephen Ellison

From Issue: 2012 August

Keeping the comparison in comparative fault

Who’s to blame and how much in a products liability case?

Gary Roth

From Issue: 2012 August

I dialed 911 a long time ago

Ways to avoid the compromise defense verdict

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2012 August

Appellate Reports and Cases in Brief

Recent cases of interest to members of the plaintiffs’ bar

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2012 August

A warning about your failure-to-warn case

The $10 million question: If you saw a warning, did you read and heed it?

Jessica N. Biernier

From Issue: 2012 August

Who assumes risk when someone stands in for a parent?

Whether a baby sitter or family friends, those who agree to watch over children owe a duty to use reasonable care

From Issue: 2012 August

Painting a picture at trial for the Court of Appeal

Get your facts into the record; use them to tell a story in your appellate brief

Donna Bader

From Issue: 2012 August

In Re Finkler: “Too Strange for Fiction”

A colorful tale of the California judiciary and an unusual take on “Where there is a will, there is a way”

Gary Simms

From Issue: 2012 August

Embezzlements: Theft of the $1 million settlement

Look in your own backyard if there’s money missing

David Cook

From Issue: 2012 August

Anatomy of a trial victory

The author shows how to handle a case with “a bone to pick”

Chuck Geerhart

From Issue: 2012 August