Using motions to compel and protective orders to stop the defense’s games

Steps to take control over the litigation and get what you need from discovery

Laura F. Sedrish
Laura Lynn Davidson

From Issue: 2020 December

Common mistakes and pitfalls in responses to Requests for Production of Documents

A look at RPDs, the most typical area of discovery disputes

Randolph M. Hammock

From Issue: 2019 July

Use Microsoft Word to automate your tables of contents and authorities

A step-by-step guide to setting up Word to automate brief writing

Nicole Lari-Joni

From Issue: 2020 September

MSJ denied

Using the defense’s burden as your roadmap to defeat MSJs in premises cases

Krystale Rosal

From Issue: 2020 October

Motion for nonsuit

License to kill in arbitration?

Robert Reichman
Sean Macias

From Issue: 2018 August

Inferences explained

Using and rebutting inferences

Janet R. Gusdorff

From Issue: 2019 December

Who let the dogs out?

Primer on the law and special interrogatories for use in a dog-bite case

Laurence Mandell

From Issue: 2020 September

Write well to win more

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

Valerie T. McGinty
Daniel U. Smith

From Issue: 2017 December

The legal assistant’s perspective on MSJ

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

Rose Gutierrez

From Issue: 2017 December

Motion to compel, or motion to compel further?

How to determine whether a motion to compel discovery responses or a motion to compel further responses is the proper motion based on the circumstances

Jake Cohen

From Issue: 2018 April

Keeping the “material” in material facts

Understanding how to dispute, and draft, material facts is a critical tool in your summary judgment arsenal

Alyssa Kim Schabloski

From Issue: 2021 December

Expediting trial through motions for preference

Before you rush to bring a motion for preference, be aware that preference cases also have drawbacks

Laurel Halbany

From Issue: 2018 February