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Articles in this issue:

Don’t let self-inflicted errors on the verdict form torpedo your verdict

Six tips from an appellate lawyer about how to minimize the risk of inconsistent verdicts


Bringing a Ninth Circuit appeal

This federal court received 11,000 new appeals in 2016 and terminated 12,000 pending cases – so let’s set your expectations


A welcome change of course

The doctrine of trail immunity in the wake of [[case]]Garcia v. American Golf Corporation[[/case]] and [[case]]Toeppe v. City of San Diego[[/case]]


The Federal Tort Claim Act and the discretionary function exception

The act seeks to avoid placing co­urts in the position of second-guessing the government; it is not intended to protect the Government from liability for violating its own safety mandates


The disentitlement doctrine

A potent secret weapon to destroy your opponent’s contemptuous appeal


The legal assistant’s perspective on MSJ

Nuts and bolts of summary judgment oppositions — or, how to keep your sanity and your job


Write well to win more

Good writing is essential to winning the tentative rulings on critical issues


Establishing the record

An appellate lawyer’s perspective on what trial lawyers need to know about preserving their records for appeal


The psychological science of persuasion

Presenting your case to overcome jurors’ built-in resistance to persuasion



Appellate Reports

The dangers and difficulties of trying to put “teeth” into a settlement by including provisions that increase the amount the settling defendant must pay if it fails to perform


2017: Thanks for the opportunity to serve you

I didn’t know how much fun it would be to represent this great association