Robert Neblett (Commercial
Litigation;
Litigation - Construction)
The ruling eliminated an existing division in the circuit courts and required taxpayers to include in gross income all
litigation proceeds, including any amount that went to the lawyers under a contingent fee arrangement.
One of the most daunting aspects of patent
litigation in the United States is the discovery process.
7) Thus, had Yum's work-product claim arisen in the context of Tax Court
litigation, the IRS might well have secured the two KPMG memoranda.
As consumers of
litigation services, most companies ask the same question: How much will this case cost us?
To that end, companies are implementing best practices and technology solutions to improve the
litigation process--just as they have done in sales forecasting, customer satisfaction and imposing expense control.
Schrero--real estate
litigation, commercial
litigation, cooperative and condominium association law; David M.
VSS general partner Scott Troeller said that "as a result of the extraordinary proliferation of electronic evidence and growth in business
litigation, the demand for high-end business information services to the
litigation market has been expanding over the last three years, reaching approximately $3 billion.
The spoliation rule doctrine drives the duty to preserve documents in the context of
litigation or agency investigations.
Issued by the AICPA's Responsibilities of
Litigation Practitioners Task Force and the
Litigation and Dispute Resolution Subcommittee, this Special Report can be ordered through Member Satisfaction (see page 7; price: $26 member, $32.
Asked how they research the legal field to come up with new titles, Jacobs replied, "We look at a variety of factors when it comes to starting a newsletter on a particular type of
litigation or legal specialty.
The appeals court found that the award of attorney fees was subject to the cap established by the Prison
Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), and that the PLRA cap on attorney fees did not violate the equal protection clause.
