Jan 5 2022 Topics State Courts • State Governments Blog Post News MA Court Rule Provides Fairness in Closing Arguments on Damages Mark A. Behrens The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has adopted amendments to Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 51(a)...
Dec 1 2021 Publication White Papers 2021 Civil Justice Update Mark A. Behrens This paper reviews key civil justice issues and changes in 2021. Part I focuses on broad...
Oct 21 2021 Topics Federal Courts • Litigation Blog Post News New Study Supports Federal Expert Evidence Rule Reform Mark A. Behrens, Kateland R. Jackson A new study conducted by Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) reveals that federal courts inconsistently...
Sep 20 2021 Topics Litigation Blog Post News Federal Judiciary Advisory Committee Proposes Amendments to Expert Testimony Rule Mark A. Behrens, Kateland R. Jackson The federal judiciary’s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules has published proposed amendments to Federal Rule...
Aug 27 2021 Topics Litigation • State Courts Blog Post News FL Supreme Court Extends “Apex Doctrine” to Private Sector Mark A. Behrens, Kateland R. Jackson The Florida Supreme Court, on its own motion, has acted to protect corporate officers from...
Jan 14 2021 Blog Post News DC Makes it Easier for Electric Scooter and E-bike Riders to Sue Drivers Mark A. Behrens The Federalist Society’s 2020 Civil Justice Update, published on December 1, 2020, included a discussion...
Dec 21 2020 Topics State Courts Blog Post State Courts & AGs Pennsylvania Appellate Court Agrees to Rehear Decision Invalidating Federal Tort Law Mark A. Behrens The Federalist Society’s 2020 Civil Justice Update, published on December 2, 2020, included a discussion...
Dec 1 2020 Publication White Papers 2020 Civil Justice Update Mark A. Behrens Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...
Nov 3 2020 Publication State Court Docket Watch State Court Docket Watch: McClay v. Airport Management Services, LLC Mark A. Behrens In McClay v. Airport Management Services, LLC,[1] the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the state’s $750,000...
Jun 1 2020 Podcast "Junk Science" and Legal Testimony in a COVID World Mark A. Behrens, Jeff Stier COVID-19 has disrupted the world like few other events in recent history. The disruptions are...
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MA Court Rule Provides Fairness in Closing Arguments on Damages
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has adopted amendments to Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 51(a)...
2021 Civil Justice Update
Mark A. Behrens
This paper reviews key civil justice issues and changes in 2021. Part I focuses on broad...
Topics
New Study Supports Federal Expert Evidence Rule Reform
A new study conducted by Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) reveals that federal courts inconsistently...
Topics
Federal Judiciary Advisory Committee Proposes Amendments to Expert Testimony Rule
The federal judiciary’s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules has published proposed amendments to Federal Rule...
Topics
FL Supreme Court Extends “Apex Doctrine” to Private Sector
The Florida Supreme Court, on its own motion, has acted to protect corporate officers from...
DC Makes it Easier for Electric Scooter and E-bike Riders to Sue Drivers
The Federalist Society’s 2020 Civil Justice Update, published on December 1, 2020, included a discussion...
Topics
Pennsylvania Appellate Court Agrees to Rehear Decision Invalidating Federal Tort Law
The Federalist Society’s 2020 Civil Justice Update, published on December 2, 2020, included a discussion...
2020 Civil Justice Update
Mark A. Behrens
Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...
State Court Docket Watch: McClay v. Airport Management Services, LLC
Mark A. Behrens
In McClay v. Airport Management Services, LLC,[1] the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the state’s $750,000...
"Junk Science" and Legal Testimony in a COVID World
Mark A. Behrens, Jeff Stier
COVID-19 has disrupted the world like few other events in recent history. The disruptions are...