Litigation category: 116 books

Why do Americans seem to sue at the slightest provocation? The answer may surprise you: we don’t! For every “Whiplash Charlie” who sees a car accident as a chance to make millions, for every McDonald’s customer to pursue a claim over a too-hot cup of coffee, many more Americans suffer injuries...

This booklet contains the 2015 Davis-Stirling Act which adds all the amendments enacted during the 2014 Legislative session. We have again included the cross-reference / conversion tables for both the pre- and post-January 1, 2014 versions of the Act in Appendix A of this booklet to assist those of...

Insurance Coverage Disputes is a comprehensive, chronologically organized and clearly written guide to the issues that can arise at every stage of a coverage dispute, from the initial inquiry into whether a policy exists to complex questions of law, evidence, procedure and strategy. The authors explain...

Las Razones del Derecho estudia de manera analítica y crítica las teorías más relevantes desarrolladas a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XX y que se presentan como precursoras de la teoría contemporánea de la argumentación jurídica. En la primera parte se analizan, la tópica de Viehweg;...

La ponderación se ha convertido en el tópico de nuestro tiempo y punto de debates en torno a las concepciones del Derecho, los derechos y la justicia. Precisamente, teniendo como marco el escenario continental europeo, los profesores Manuel Atienza y Juan Antonio García Amado emprenden un "combate...

Sobre el contenido de este trabajo tan sólo dos palabras. (...), se trata de una reflexión muy gremial propia de los teóricos del Derecho, pues pretende dilucidar si las normas que forman un ordenamiento jurídico son de una sola clase o si pertenecen a dos categorías distintas, las normas o reglas...

Connecticut Appellate Practice is authored by Judge Eliot D. Prescott, who was appointed to the Connecticut Appellate Court by Governor Malloy in 2014. The book is 640 pages of text and included ten chapters with a detailed Table of Contents as well as a comprehensive Index and Table of Cases...

This booklet contains the 2017 Davis-Stirling Act which adds all the amendments enacted during the 2016 Legislative session. We have again included the cross-reference / conversion tables for both the pre- and post-January 1, 2014 versions of the Act in Appendix A of this booklet to assist those of us who are still learning the location of the statutes under the current numbering system.

The use of email and electronically stored data has fundamentally changed the discovery process and the judicial standards for what is a “reasonable” discovery request. It has also led to new strategies and tactics that can mean the difference between winning and losing a case.Electronic Discovery...

The book looks at CAFAs provisions, with in-depth analysis of statutory language, descriptions of key judicial interpretations, and specific suggested strategies for practitioners. CAFA has created important new strategic considerations for both plaintiffs and defendants. This book will provide both...

For more than a decade, New Jersey attorneys have consulted the Encyclopedia of New Jersey Causes of Action to evaluate all possible theories of recovery for fact patterns their clients present. The essential elements of more than 650 causes of action are laid out and traced to the leading case...

Whether discussing international or domestic air travel, this handbook is replete with interesting and provocative accident accounts and liability outcomes, many of which are the subject of significant court cases. This includes (but is not limited to) acts of terrorism, slip and falls on airport...

This volume collects material from 26 Oct 2018 to 7 Dec 2018. There was a lot of activity ending with the Flynn sentencing memo which appeared to confirm there was no evidence of illegal collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia, the question that was to be examined by the Mueller investigation. Other...

It is important for us all in America to document opposition for future generations to fairly assess the anger, logic, and legal implications of historical attempts to make change by small numbers of people who try to impose their rule of thought on the masses. Rev. Jesse Jackson and Ramona Edelin...