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What Went Wrong?

Janice G. Inman

A recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision reversing the U.S. Court of Federal Claims' denial of a vaccine injury claim highlights the widening gulf between the Federal Circuit and Federal Claims court on vaccine cases.

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Court-Appointed or Jointly Retained Financial Experts

William J. Morrison

Financial experts are generally used in matrimonial matters to identify, value and help in the distribution of marital assets and also opine on issues such as income, cash flow, tax consequences or marital liabilities. This article focuses on the expert who is retained to render his or her own opinion.

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Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

Nicholas J. Wittner

On May 20 of this year, the members of the American Law Institute (ALI) unanimously approved a project that was five years in the making ' "Principles of Aggregate Litigation." Although it encompasses all of the many forms of aggregated lawsuits, the Principles really focus on the most controversial one: The class action.

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Federal Rule of Evidence 502

Cynthia K. Courtney & Edgar B. Hatrick

This article summarizes the law of inadvertent waiver of privilege and the evolution of courts' approaches to this problem, describes the changes brought about by newly enacted Federal Rule of Evidence 502, and offers a roadmap for the product liability practitioner to keeping privileged documents out of the hands of one's adversary.

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Practice Tip: Trying the Design Defect Case

Lawrence Goldhirsch

A properly pleaded Complaint in a design defect case will permit the plaintiff to try his case on several different theories: negligence, strict liability and breach of warranty. Nevertheless, certain cases would be most efficiently tried only as a breach of warranty.

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Preemption Paradox

J. Christopher Allen, Jr.

The two recent Supreme Court decisions in <i>Riegel</i> and <i>Altria Group</i> are difficult to reconcile in fundamental ways, and, consequently, they did little to provide meaningful guidance to litigants and lower courts.

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The Evidence Rules All Family Law Attorneys Should Master

Bari Brandes Corbin & Evan B. Brandes

Conclusion of a three-part discussion of CPLR ' 4511, which provides that the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts must take judicial notice, without request, of the common law, constitutions and public statutes of the United States and of every state, territory and jurisdiction of the United States ...

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Shopping Spree!

Lee Rosenberg

In matrimonial law, it is not uncommon for litigants to consult with a series of attorneys in order to narrow the pool of available counsel able to represent their spouse and "conflict out" particular lawyers. There is also an increasing instance of well-informed clients retaining particular attorneys to cause the disqualification of particular judges. In both instances, the integrity of the legal system demands that all appearances of impropriety be eliminated even at the risk of the client losing his or her preferred choice of counsel.

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