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Alana Bassin

Gender and Generational Issues Across Borders (with Lisa Ridgedale)

Mark Berry

New CACI Jury Instructions: A View from the Trenches (with Jenny Covington)


Candace Blydenburgh

Do Cars Drive Themselves? Electronic Stability Control Alters the Battleground

Punitive Damages in Commercial Transportation: A State by State Summary (with Ashley Dobbin)


Shane Bohnen

Riegel v. Medtronic: Better Off Without It? (with Kim Schmid)

Defense Themes in Playground Equipment Warnings Case (with David Lutz and Norma Gant)

Tom Branigan

Franchisors must follow new rules effective July 1, 2008

Trade Secrets: At Risk Now More Than Ever

Defending Seat Belt Buckle Inertial Unlatch Claims

Michael R. Carey

The 2007 AIA Contract Revisions: What Contractors Need to Know About A201 (with Charles (C.J.) Schoenwetter)

C. Paul Carver

Efficient Lawyering: Strategies for Construction Companies (with C. Paul Carver)

National Counsel: An Approach to Consider (with C. Paul Carver)

Making the Case for National Counsel, (with Charles (C.J.) Schoenwetter)

Look Good and Save Money: Ten strategies for in-house counsel to obtain excellent results in an efficient manner (with Charles (C.J.) Schoenwetter)

Jenny Covington

New CACI Jury Instructions: A View from the Trenches (with Mark Berry)

Sandra Giannone Ezell

Round Up the Usual Suspects

Recent Developments in Automobile Law (with Michael Bell)

Jill Goldsmith

Are The Documents Of A Corporate Defendant Plaintiff's Work Product?

Limits on Depositions of Corporate Executives: Special Rules for Important People

Rebecca Herbig

The Transformation of Preemption Law (with Jill Jacobson)  

Jill Jacobson

Light Cigarettes and Drug Labeling: The U.S. Supreme Court Tackles Preemption - Again

The Transformation of Preemption Law (with Rebecca Herbig)

Manufacturers Win Another Battle in the Preemption War (with Robert L. Wise)

Red Sky in the Morning: Modifying Prescription Drug Labels as a Result of Postmarket Surveillance, (with David Feigal), Food and Drug Law Journal, Volume 62, Issue 3, 2007 (With permission from FDLI

David Lutz

Defense Themes in Playground Equipment Warnings Case (with Norma Gant and Shane Bohnen)

Larry Mann

Pharmaceuticals: VIOXX case shows a need for action


Michael A. Montgomery

Is Your Personal Guaranty Enforceable? (with Charles (C.J.) Schoenwetter)

Ask the Lawyer: Enforcing Personal Guaranties (with Charles (C.J.) Schoenwetter)

Is Your Personal Guaranty Enforceable? (with Charles (C.J.) Schoenwetter)

Rick Morgan

How to Mount a Successful Defense Against Toxic Mold Claims (with C.J. Schoenwetter)

Ryan Nilsen

The Legal Risks of Nanotechnology (with Ronald C. Wernette)

Kenneth Ross

Post-Sale Duties: How to Decide When the Duty Arises

Manufacturers versus Component Part and Raw Material Suppliers: How to Prevent Liability

The Duty to Warn Illiterate or Non-English-Reading Product Users

Preventing Liability for Foreign Products - A PLP Primer

A Lawyer's Role in Product Liability Prevention

Danger! The Legal Duty to Warn and Instruct

Post-Sale Duties: A Minefield for Manufacturers

Keep Aware of Product Safety Reporting Requirements

Product Liability Goes Global

More Guidance for Warnings and Instructions

The Importance of a Proactive Document Management Program

Risk Assessment and Product Liability

Legally Adequate Warning Labels: A Conundrum for Every Manufacturer (with Matthew Adams)

Revised Safety Label Standards Create Opportunity and Risk

The Duty to Warn Illiterate and Non-English-Reading Product Users

Analyzing Manufacturers' Duties with Respect to Post-Sale Safety Improvements

Avoiding Future Problems: The Increased Duty to Take Post-Sale Remedial Action

Adequate and Reasonable Product Recalls

Establishing an Effective Product Safety Management Program

Minimizing Risk When Buying or Selling a Business

Post-Sale Duty to Warn: A Report of the Products Liability Committee


Kim M. Schmid

Riegel v. Medtronic: Better Off Without It? (with Shane Bohnen)

Charles (C.J.) Schoenwetter

Is Your Personal Guaranty Enforceable? (with Michael A. Montgomery)

Ask the Lawyer: Enforcing Personal Guaranties (with Michael A. Montgomery)

Efficient Lawyering: Strategies for Construction Companies (with C. Paul Carver)

National Counsel: An Approach to Consider (with C. Paul Carver)

The 2007 AIA Contract Revisions: What Contractors Need to Know About A201 (with Michael R. Carey)

Change Orders: Recognizing Cardinal Changes & Knowing Your Rights (with Daniel J. Smith)

Is Your Personal Guaranty Enforceable? (with Michael A. Montgomery)

Spotlight on Minnesota: Completed Operations Insurance Now Required

Making the Case for National Counsel, (with C. Paul Carver)

Court of Appeals Renews Attack on the Written Notice Requirement for Statutory Warranty Claims (with William N.G. Barron IV)

A Subcontractor's Right to Prompt Payment

Homeowner's failure to give proper notice and opportunity to repair to builder resulted in court holding builder did not breach the 10-year statutory warranty

MECHANIC'S LIENS: Questions & Answers

Completed Operations Insurance Coverage Now Required Residential Building Contractors and Remodelers 

Form Your Company First and Then Buy the Property, or Risk Not Owning the Property

Legislature Amends the Statute of Limitations to Allow Claims for Contribution and Indemnity Against Subcontractors and Material Suppliers More than 10-Years After Completion of Construction

MECHANIC'S LIENS: Questions & Answers

How to Mount a Successful Defense Against Toxic Mold Claims (with Rick Morgan)

Look Good and Save Money: Ten strategies for in-house counsel to obtain excellent results in an efficient manner (with C. Paul Carver)

John Sear

Removal to Federal Court: Death of the First-Served Defendant Doctrine 

Daniel J. Smith

Change Orders: Recognizing Cardinal Changes & Knowing Your Rights (with Charles (CJ) Schoenwetter)  

George Soule

Stop the partisan politics

Post-Sale Duties: A Minefield for Manufacturers

Ronald Wernette

The Legal Risks of Nanotechnology (with Ryan L. Nilsen)

Beware: Your Company's Duty to Preserve, Collect, and Produce Electronically Stored Information Held by Third Parties

Qualcomm Round 2: Outside Lawyers May Use Client's Confidential Information In Fighting Against Sanctions

Qualcomm Inside and Outside Lawyers Sanctioned for E-Discovery Misconduct: What Went Wrong? 

Robert Wise

Manufacturers Win Another Battle in the Preemption War (with Jill D. Jacobson)


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