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Defense Counsel Journal back issues
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Lead, partner, execute, and be passionate.(President's page)
January 1, 2009... One of the great benefits afforded members of the IADC is the ability to attend Regional Meetings, whether at home or on the road. Not only does one get to connect with IADC friends, new and old, but one also gets to attend a top quality educational program. Such was the case in New York City...
Emerging issues: global warming claims and coverage issues.
January 1, 2009... I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE POLARIZING AREA OF GLOBAL WARMING
THE ISSUE of global warming or climate change remains a polarizing subject and a continuing source of heated political, social, and economic debate. On one end of the spectrum, there are those who subscribe to the belief that...
Let's talk: critical aspects of the anti-contact rule for lawyers.
January 1, 2009... I. Introduction
Few issues in litigation are as contentious as lawyers' allegedly improper attempts at ex parte communications with parties or people so closely identified with parties that they may be considered off limits to informal discovery efforts. This is not a one-sided issue. In...
Asbestos for the rest of us: the continued viability of statutes of repose in product liability.
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION
Several writers have examined statutes of repose in the context of state-based product liability claims. Scholarship in this area generally centers on the constitutionality of product liability repose statutes, or commentary articulating the policy concerns implicit in the...
Special masters, court-appointed experts and technical advisors in federal court.
January 1, 2009... SPECIAL MASTERS, court-appointed experts, and technical advisors are not unique to any particular area of litigation. This discussion has general application to all types of litigation and is intended to provide practical insights to the applicable provisions in the federal rules and case...