Class Action Spending Reaches 10-Year High
Companies spent nearly $2.5 billion defending class actions in 2018, and half the companies surveyed expect spending to increase throughout 2019.
Litigation News | Summer 2023
Volume 48, Issue 4
Features
Columns
Firm Brings "Full-Time" Positive Psychology to the Workplace
A well-known law firm's recent action speaks volumes about the importance of self-care for attorneys.
Departments
Class Action Spending Reaches 10-Year High
Companies spent nearly $2.5 billion defending class actions in 2018, and half the companies surveyed expect spending to increase throughout 2019.
Court Sanctions Attorney for Feeding Deponent Answers
Counsel disqualified for using a mask to hide that he was providing answers during a video deposition, case not dismissed
Court Strikes “Inflammatory” Briefs and Orders Do-Over
Irrelevant personal attacks by counsel from both parties in a motion violate professional ethics standards
No Duty to Correct False Deposition Testimony Says State Bar
The rule did not apply because only the deponent lied and not the attorney, so long as the attorney did not use the false testimony