Courts are using settlement conferences to resolve lawsuits more often than ever. No matter whether the settlement conference is with the ju...

How you refer a case can be crucial. You can make a great impression on the referral attorney or you can make them wonder why they are heari...

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Well, Virginia sure knows how to rein in its talky lawyers. The Virginia Supreme Court, like many other courts, has encouraged lawyers to sh...

In the legal profession, attorneys run into roadblocks constantly and to deal with them you have to have two things: a sense of humor and a ...

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Some things you see are so cheap you can't hardly find a reason not to get them. This is about one of them. A lot of attorneys still mis...

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Every once in a while you see an article that you wish you had seen years ago. This story is about one of those. We've had lots of depos...

Ohio Attorney Marc Dann is working hard to find ways to help consumer advocates protect consumers everywhere. He's off to a good start a...

More than 30 experts from around the world will converge in Houston on May 23rd and 24th, 2008 to discuss issues of importance to any consum...

Bryan Garner is one of the best speakers around when it comes to understanding how to write briefs and how to make an impressive oral argume...

In these days of outsourcing, it's no wonder that even legal work is being farmed out to off shore "legal help" companies who ...

One of the aggravating parts of handling a product defect case is when the government recalls the very product in your case and the defendan...

Okay, the economy is certainly tightening up, thanks to the credit crunch and the mortgage mess. Clients are getting impatient with the time...