Grounds For a New Trial: A Minefield for Lawyers

Experience Counts   Anyone seeking to hire a lawyer for contentious litigation needs to be aware of his lawyer’s actual experience in court, specifically in civil litigation cases.  Why is this true?  For one thing, few cases are going to trial these days; 95% settle; so there are “trial lawyers” who…

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Free Speech

Boobies. OK, I typed it.  What’s the big deal? It’s just a word.  It’s nothing compared to other stuff on the internet.   But that’s the internet.  What about middle school kids expressing themselves in the hallways of their peers?  Can they express “I [heart] boobies”?  That’s the question before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals right now. As you…

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