The Superheroes of Facts, Evidence and Logic enter the fray over legal malpractice protection in mediation

Laws that continue to protect attorney misconduct during mediation need to be changed

Nancy Neal Yeend

From Issue: 2015 November

Review your business entity to minimize your malpractice exposure

Karen Stromeyer
Timothy Halloran

From Issue: 2015 November

Post-Keys: Negligent infliction of emotional distress on bystanders to medical malpractice

In 1985 it took the tragic death of a teenager to bring about bystander NIED claims in medical malpractice cases; the recent Keys’ decision builds upon that foundation

Markus B. Willoughby

From Issue: 2015 November

Legal malpractice: Proving the case-within-a-case

The critical element of a legal malpractice action is causation. This requires that a plaintiff prove the case-within-a-case

David L. Winnett

From Issue: 2015 November

Handling medical-malpractice cases arising out of post-operative infections

Attacking defenses based on “accepted risks”

Loren Schwartz

From Issue: 2015 November

Diversity: Making it more than just a buzzword

A plan for increasing diversity and the motivation for taking action

Shaana A. Rahman

From Issue: 2015 November

The medical expert witness in malpractice cases

A look at the strategy of deposing and examining medical experts

Bruce Fagel

From Issue: 2015 November

Profile: William Green

“[Today], it really has to be a perfect storm of bad things happening in a case for it to go to trial.”

Stephen Ellison

From Issue: 2015 November

Measuring the effect of disability on the lifetime earnings of lawyers, doctors and other professionals

Because they often return to work, their loss-of-earning capacity can be wrongly assessed

Chris P. Reyes
Joseph T. Crouse

From Issue: 2015 November

Have laptop – will travel

Using technology to maximize untethered productivity

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2015 November

E-discovery for plaintiffs’ lawyers

Basic tools to uncover the evidence you need to win your case

Jayme L. Walker
Tilak Gupta

From Issue: 2015 November

Appellate Reports and Cases in Brief

U.S. v. Moser holds that the reasons relied on by the district judge to cut the prevailing party’s fee award constituted an abuse of discretion

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2015 November