Signing Away the Seventh Amendment: Latest Developments in Mandatory Arbitration Cases

11 November, 2016

On November 7, a federal judge dealt a blow to the government’s latest attempts to rein in mandatory arbitration abuses in nursing homes. At the same time, the Wells Fargo fiasco is breathing new life into a will for change. Here’s the latest lay of the land: A terrible pest makes its nest in the fi...

What To Do When the Auto-Accidents Run Out

13 October, 2016

Self-driving cars may take over roads in 10-15 years. I myself will be giddy to get my hands on one. But when the robots whisk us off to the future, will they also be whisking away lucrative careers for thousands of personal injury attorneys? Not if we start preparing our shift away from car-crash c...

How to do Mock Trials and Why

22 September, 2016

In 1822, Alexis St. Martin was accidentally shot clean through the belly during his work as a fur trapper. Luckily, doctor William Beaumont was on hand, and saved St. Martin’s life with clever surgery (devoid of antiseptic or anesthesia). But curiously, St. Martin’s wound never healed over, remainin...

“The Jetsons” Cars and Litigation: liability in a world ruled by robots

8 September, 2016

When the robot overlords take control, there will still be plenty for PI attorneys to do. At least that seems to be the summary of most speculation on the liability repercussions of the self-driving car. Through analyzing the likely legal consequences of this one up-and-coming technology, we get a p...

Legal News Roundup: August 26th, 2016

26 August, 2016

Two Law Student Suicides Recently, Above the Law reported on two law student suicides. As part of their regular series, about mental health, an anonymous student was brave enough to share their experience in dealing with suicide and the aftermath. We’ve written about lawyers and depression before; l...

Talk to Me: Rule 1.4 and Client Communication

26 August, 2016

Are you doing enough to communicate with your clients? A couple months ago, the New York Times told the sad and seedy story of Stuart A. Schlesinger, an esteemed personal injury lawyer in Manhattan: “Mr. Schlesinger, 76, [was] arrested on a fraud charge in one of the more brazen schemes in th...