3 Ways to manage dockets delays
Even during normal times, court delays and long dockets are often routine. But COVID-19-related court closures have created a docket logjam for courts across the country. Being placed as a 12th setting on a trial docket, once almost unheard of, is rapidly becoming the...
What we can learn from the biggest personal injury decisions of 2020
2020 was a historic year in all areas of life. But courts also saw record injury awards and major court rulings that will impact civil litigation for decades to come. In Louisiana, the passage of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 2020, House Bill 57 (“HB57”) will likely...
Trucking Cases: What Every Attorney Needs to Know
It may seem like trucking cases have much in common with regular auto cases, but trucking cases involve special safety regulations, unique industry safety and operational standards, a complex array of insurance issues, more complex crash dynamics and reconstruction...
The Ancient art of jury persuasion
From lectures at local CLEs to intensive week-long getaways and seminars that offer the latest techniques of persuasion, litigators spend countless hours perfecting their craft. Books, DVDs and how-to manuals offering supposedly cutting-edge theories in how to reach...
Why decorum in court proceedings matters now more than ever
During the coronavirus pandemic, the highest court in the land has been holding oral arguments via telephone and live-streaming the proceedings. In the oral arguments in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. began the...
Trucking cases what every attorney needs to know
Trucking Cases: What Every Attorney Needs to Know It may seem like trucking cases have much in common with regular auto cases, but trucking cases involve special safety regulations, unique industry safety and operational standards, a complex array of insurance issues,...
Tort reform fails to deliver lower auto insurance rates
In 2020, Louisiana politicians touted tort reform as necessary to drive down insurance rates in our state. Republican legislators argued that our state’s high auto insurance rates were due to the high number of lawsuits filed against insurance companies. In response,...
The Ancient art of jury persuasion
From lectures at local CLEs to intensive week-long getaways and seminars that offer the latest techniques of persuasion, litigators spend countless hours perfecting their craft. Books, DVDs and how-to manuals offering supposedly cutting-edge theories in how to reach...
Navigating zoom hearings and depositions
COVID-19 has created the potential for a slew of problems related to holding hearing and depositions on video conference streaming platforms, such as Zoom. The recent high-stakes Zoom hearing for the case between Gov. John Bel Edwards and Attorney General Jeff Landry...
How legislative Changes will impact trial law in 2021
The Civil Justice Reform Act of 2020, House Bill 57 (“HB57”) passed by the Louisiana legislature took effect January 1. The so-called tort-reform bill reduces the jury threshold from $50,000 to $10,000 and requires the party seeking a jury trial to post a $5,000 cash...