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Apr 25, 2012

THE DARK SIDE: Appeal to what is best in jurors

Many years ago, a former Alabama congressman told me the following story:

Apr 24, 2012

BEV BUTULA: Stop the presses: Ohio’s Appellate Court decisions going paperless

The Supreme Court of Ohio announced Monday that it will be discontinuing the bound volumes of Appellate Court decisions.

Apr 20, 2012

Direct party-to-party contact: Can the lawyers ‘script’ the conversation?

In the pantheon of rules of professional conduct governing lawyers, one in the top tier of importance is the so-called “no-contact” rule.

Apr 19, 2012

BLAWG LOG: The Happy Lawyer by Steve Nelson

I’d like to follow the previous posts celebrating National Poetry Month with a hastily composed bookspine poem titled “The Happy Lawyer”.

Apr 18, 2012

LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: A no-charge client visit can pay big dividends

The most cost-effective business development strategy for any firm is to expand current services with existing clients. Current clients are already in hand and don’t have to be identified and wooed. They offer great potential for leverage, as new services can be provided with[...]

Apr 17, 2012

BEV BUTULA: Where to find automotive and highway safety statistics

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute are organizations that provide a wide range of information on automobile safety.

Apr 16, 2012

Repeal of ’09 law harms discrimination victims

We don't think that Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans in the Legislature have launched a war on women, as some critics allege. We'd describe it more as a "police action."

Apr 16, 2012

TORT REPORT: Intellectual property law must get creative to protect e-commerce websites

What seems like eons ago, we waited patiently to hear the modem signal, “eeeeee oooooo eeeeee ghghghghgh,” to welcome us to cyberspace. Now Netscape and AOL are long gone and most people are too busy compulsively browsing the Internet on their smart phones to contemplate ho[...]

Apr 13, 2012

THE DARK SIDE: Hold the broccoli, Congress

Unless it’s served with lots of beef and slathered with Hunan sauce, I don’t much care for broccoli.

Apr 12, 2012

Redefining expert witness credibility for juries

Juries routinely dismiss expert testimony due to credibility problems, incomprehensibility, or simply because it is cancelled out by another expert’s testimony.

Apr 11, 2012

Stop working long enough to save your biz

A coaching client of mine had a major problem because he had a large receivables backlog and was making little effort to manage and collect it. With the pressures of the practice, there simply didn’t seem to be enough time to get receivables current.

Apr 10, 2012

BRIEFS FOR THE BRIEF WRITER: Know your local rules, or else

I once was charged with opposing a summary judgment motion in a multi-claim, multi-issue case. The movant’s brief, close to 35 pages, was accompanied by a motion to allow the filing of an overly long brief (to which we did not object). I prepared and filed my brief, which fell within the county’s local rules (but not by much).

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