Due process requires that a plaintiff provide the defendant with fair notice of the plaintiff’s claims. As this recent post-trial decision shows, the failure to give fair notice can procedurally bar ...

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Plaintiffs James and Lucretia Sarjeant brought suit in California state court following Mr. Sarjeant’s diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma.

From Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal's decision in N.D. Human Rights Coalition v. Patriot Front, which was handed down under seal early this year and was then released (with modest redactions) in ...

When a plaintiff failed to pay for its appeal of an arbitration judgment rejecting its claims and hitting it with $7.1 million in attorney fees and costs, a defendant footed the bill. Now, that ...

When the parties to a lawsuit come to an initial agreement on the terms of a financial settlement, it’s easy to think that the attorneys’ hard work is done. The truth is, that agreement act kicks off ...

From Magistrate Judge Michael Aloi's report and recommendation yesterday in Knight v. McLaughlin (N.D. W. Va.): Plaintiff asserted the following factual allegations in his Complaint. Plaintiff and ...

A looming showdown over evidence could determine the future path of more than 1,000 opioid lawsuits concentrated in federal court in Ohio, as defendants accuse the plaintiffs of refusing to turn over ...

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On Dec. 7, 2017, the court provided the bench and bar with much needed guidance for determining when a plaintiff needs an expert to sustain a cause of action. Jacobs v. Jersey Central Power & Light Co ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...