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Litigation is often compared to chess. The image is evoked of a lawyer strategically developing evidence and making arguments the same way a chess player moves and sacrifices pieces on a chessboard, to defeat an opponent. But ask any trial lawyer, and he or she will tell you that litigation is nothing like chess. The better analogy and, more importantly, the better place to turn for useful practice pointers, is poker. Here's why.

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Famed Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos will have to face a defamation suit over his Twitter posts implying that record producer Dr. Luke raped Lady Gaga.

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<b><I>Proving Constitutional Violation</b></i><p>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</I></b><p>Conclusion of a discussion about <I>Glisson v. Indiana Dept. of Correction,</I> in which Alma Glisson, whose son Nicholas died while in prison, sued the correctional facility for employing the services of medical contractor Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (Corizon).

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Celebrities who are fiercely protective of their image and branding fight back, bringing an increasing number of lawsuits when it appears that a video game creator has borrowed without permission. These right of publicity cases highlight the tension that exists between the rights of public figures to control the way their image and likeness is used in commercial contexts and the First Amendment.

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<b><I>Part Two of a Three-Part Article</I></b><p>The starting point for any successful challenge under Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) 702 and <I>Daubert</I> is the form and content of the witness's disclosure under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 26(a)(2). Here is all you have to know.

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<b><I>Written Agreements Are Not the Final Word</I></b><p>Recently, an Ohio appellate court held that the parties' actual conduct — and not the express written provisions in their lease to the contrary — controlled in interpreting the intentions of the parties in contracting. This case serves as a good reminder for legal practitioners that our written agreements are often not the final word.

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Discussion of a case in which 64 people died and nearly 700 more were sickened in 2012 after receiving injections of steroids prepared at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, MA.

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