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Preparing for appellate litigation is as much about preparing to defend a win as much as it is about preparing to come back fr...

How can you best craft your cross-examinations to undermine your opponent's case and to remind the jury of your affirmative s...

As a junior associate and aspiring litigator, few moments are more thrilling than learning you will be part of your first tria...

Jury instructions are among a trial lawyer’s most important tools in connecting with and persuading jurors, yet they are often...

If used strategically, video clips of depositions can be an effective tool in presenting your case, while also undermining you...

My freshman year political science professor often quoted Ernest Hemingway's maxim that "the first draft of anything is sh**."

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court hears arguments in an important double jeopardy case.

Over the years, my view of the usefulness of moot courts has evolved.

As trade among the U.S. and Latin American countries has increased, so has the need for effective anticorruption measures to e...

This is especially true because the letter relies on a bit of sophistry. Their arguments do not withstand scrutiny.

The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act institutes sweeping changes to the tax code on many levels, but one of the most sig...

Grateful Dead lyricist and internet activist John Perry Barlow passed away last week. So who will pick up where he left off?

The California Supreme Court revised an expert’s ability to rely on hearsay not long ago. Earn MCLE credit catching up with wh...

History's ultimate "bar exam question" is the fact pattern in United States v. Libellants of the Schooner Amistad, the U.S. Su...

Recent remarks by SEC Chair Jay Clayton suggest the commission is taking a common-sense approach to its role in regulating vir...

During over three decades of prosecuting legal malpractice claims, I have been asked over and over again for concrete ideas to...

In a mediation, simply hoping that the plane won't crash in the face of objective evidence that might just do that is hardly a...

Taxes are an ever-present danger, and it is clear that the IRS is on the hunt. The IRS is pursing tax enforcement with summons...

His eye-popping trial verdicts and record-setting results over the last two-plus decades are already legendary.

“The only constant is change.” Heraclitus may have been talking about life. But he might as well have been talking about the c...

A ruling clarifies that parties without a contractual relationship who each perform separate steps of a method claim can satis...

Businesses must be careful to ensure that they are properly insured for the substantial risks they face.

On Feb. 5, San Francisco's public defender, Jeffrey Adachi, wrote an op-ed for the L.A. Times criticizing judges' and prosecut...

On Wednesday, Loyola Law School will formally open our Loyola Social Justice Law Clinic, a consolidated space on campus.

Last week, a federal judge ruled that Raef Lawson was not an employee of GrubHub during his four-month stint as a driver for t...

Law professors and lawyers must provide clear answers on president questions.

People clamored onto the courthouse steps in the case of the baker who declined to make a cake for a gay couple’s nuptials — o...

First, an ISP was held liable for not blocking a copyright infringer, and now a California federal court has issued an injunct...

The 9th Circuit is at the intersection of the First Amendment and public health with American Beverage Association v. City and...