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By Michael D. Leshner, P.E Eight ways to start: Finding and vetting expert candidates can be difficult and time consuming, but selection of the right expert can be pivotal to the case outcome. Th...

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By Michael D. Leshner, P.E Attorneys often need to find experts to engage in technical investigations, provide opinions and give testimony. Before starting your search for an engineering or techn...

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The defense has demanded that your client submit to a medical examination.  Take the following 12 steps* to guard against deceptive practices by the defense doctor and protect your client’s ri...

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Excerpted from Asset Protection Strategies By Dustin Nichols, Mark Ziebold, & Alan Eber People need to protect their assets for many reasons including: Expanding legal theories of liability. Outr...

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Texas employment relationships are governed by the employment-at-will doctrine, which means that the employment relationship is subject to termination by either party, at any time, with or withou...

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Excerpted from The Limited Liability Company by Phillip L. Jelsma and Pamela Everett Nollkamper The first step of the LLC at formation is to hold an organizational meeting. The organizational mee...

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Although domestic violence is a hot topic in the national media right now, these cases are deeply personal and raise highly sensitive issues, about which many jurors will have strong feelings. To...

https://jamespublishing.com/2014/voir-dire-domestic-violence-cases/

Condensed from California Pretrial Practice. By Donald G. Rez and Robert F. Kane Requests for Admissions (“RFAs”) permit any party to request any other party to admit: (1) the truth of specif...

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A key management witness in virtually every employment case is the Human Resources representative who approved the contested employment decision; implemented the reduction in force; or investigat...

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Excerpted from Texas DWI Manual By Deandra M. Grant and Kimberly Griffin Tucker Enzymatic assay testing is quick and inexpensive. This is the type of testing that you will typically find in a hos...

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