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GENERAL LITIGATION MATTERS
Topic Area

Here are materials on litigation issues (mostly civil) like Evidence, Procedures, Expert
Witnesses, Strategy, etc., split into a few broad, overlapping categories.

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ASSORTED ISSUES

• First Think About the Trial as a Whole - Tigar on Trial Approach & Philosophy
• The Way You Tell it Makes all the Difference - More from Mike Tigar
• Deciders Perceive Whole Stories - Yet more from Michael Tigar
• Lawyers Behaving Ethically while Playing Dirty - A True Story
  
  
• Equity & Remedies Outline
• Civil Procedure Outline, Zip
• Another Civil Procedure Outline
• Practical Tips about Expert Witnesses
• Preparing Plaintiff's Expert Witness for Trial
• Expert Consultants -- Knowing when they're Needed
• Physician Assistant Experts: A Guide for Attorneys & Experts
  
  
• Big Tobacco's Special Privileges - Should its Lawyers have the Warning Label?
• Discovery Protection - Work-Prod, Atty-Client & Common-Interest Privileges
• Discovering Opponent's Expert Consultant's Work under FedRCivP 26
• Felix Frankfurter on Stockholder's Suits & Diversity Jurisdiction
• Calif Supremes say 'Make More Fee Awards'
• Enforcing Arbitration Awards, 30k
  
  
• Actual Facts about the McDonalds' Hot Coffee Case
• Calif's Tort Reform Malpractice Cap Hurts Kids
• State Court Tort Case Study Dispels Myths
• Notable Court Decisions Re: Torts, Zip
  
  
• Modeling Liability Costs in Large Class-Action Cases
• International Business Disputes with Foreign States
• List of Some Tax Protest Case Decision Citations
• Considerations Before Pursuing Civil Lawsuit
• 10 Tips For Staying Sane in Court
  

EVIDENCE

• Forensic DNA Evidence, Zip
• Survey Research as Evidence, Zip
• Solving some Novel Evidence Problems
• Evidence Framework/Scientific Evidence, Zip
• Electronic Federal Records Admissibility as Evidence
  
  
• Virtual Reality Evidence
• List of Calif Evidence Rules
• The Supremes on Scientific Evidence
• Notable Court Decisions on Evidence, Zip
• Assessing Relevance & Reliability Elements of Expert Evidence
• Supreme's '93 Daubert v Merrell, Set new Expert Scientific Evid Standard
  

FEDERAL LITIGATION

• Complex Litigation Outline, Zip
• Management of Complex Litigationk
• Managing Complex Litigation's Summ Judgement, Motions...
  
  
• DOJ Brief on Summary Judgement Requirements & Anti-trust Law Interp
• Good Overview of Civil Rico Pleading Requirements/Case Mgmnt
• Extraterritorial Discovery in Fed Civil Litigation
• Economic Losses in Damages Awards, 33k, Zip
• Imposition of Federal Litigation Sanctions
  

LEGISLATION

• Model Punitive Damages Act, 2/96 Draft
• Fair Credit Reporting Act Statute of Limitations
• Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of '95
• Calif's Failed '96 Shareholder Litigation Reform Act
• Calif Revisions on Tolling for Out of State Defendant
• Lanham Act Remedies & Potential to Protect Electronic Info
  

COURT DECISIONS

• Kastigar v. U.S., '72, Use Immunity Overrides Self-Incrimination
• BMW v. Gore, '96, Excessive Punitive Damages Violate Due Process, Zip
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcs, '71, OKs Suing Fed Agents for Unconstit Acts
• Frothingham... v. Mellon, '23, When can Courts Decide if Fed. Law's Constitutional?
• Erickson v Newmar, '96 - 9th Cir Orders Judge to Punish Lawyer's Unethical Conduct

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