10 common mistakes in appellate procedure

Procedural pitfalls that can jeopardize your client’s appeal

Donna Bader

From Issue: 2016 December

Don’t let your motion for new trial sink a potential for appeal

The motion for new trial can save tremendous time and expense, but some missteps can doom the appeal

From Issue: 2016 December

Summary judgment granted and you’re on the ropes: now what?

Your three options following the court’s grant of summary judgment or summary adjudication to the defense

Valerie T. McGinty
Daniel U. Smith

From Issue: 2016 December

Motion practice: A judicial perspective

Tips from the bench on bringing and prevailing on your motions

Hon. Holly J. Fujie

From Issue: 2016 December

How to read “Procrustean reasoning”

A step-by-step approach to statutory interpretation by counsel to fit their goals

Elinor Leary

From Issue: 2016 December

You just got SLAPPed; What now?

A primer on the anti-SLAPP motion and the procedural and substantive hurdles it creates for plaintiffs

Holly Boyer
Joseph Persoff

From Issue: 2016 December

The Stoic

Opening yourself to outcome

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2016 December

Profile: RJ Waldsmith

From To Kill a Mockingbird to finding success through technology, teamwork and a passion for helping clients

Stephen Ellison

From Issue: 2016 December

Independent factual research by the bench

A look at judges’ use of the internet for independent research on non-legal information

Gary Simms

From Issue: 2016 December

Appellate Reports

Nickerson v. Stonebridge Ins. Co. — Affirms a punitive-damage award that is 10 times the amount of compensatory damages; holds that insurer’s claims handling was highly reprehensible

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2016 December