LITIGATION
EXPERT WITNESS ANSWER BOOK
Edited by Clifton T. Hutchinson (Diamond McCarthy LLC), Terry Budd (Budd Law, PLCC), Bert Black (Schaefer Halleen, LLC), and Eric R.I. Cottle (K&L Gates LLP)
This guide walks the reader through every aspect of this key area of litigation, providing, in a direct Q&A format, guidance on applying the legal framework set out by the Daubert trilogy and subsequent rulings; qualifying, as well as disqualifying, a witness as an expert on a particular topic; and conducting the pretrial activities involving experts, including designation, disclosure, discovery, and depositions. The book includes practice-specific chapters on issues confronted by experts in cases involving products liability, toxic torts, trademarks, patents, copyrights, defamation, employment, and fire, as well as criminal matters. It includes dedicated chapters on the role of expert testimony in calculating personal injury and commercial damages, and business and property valuation. Written by contributors with many years of trial experience, each chapter includes practical tips on what works in court — and what doesn’t. Track new expert witness rules with PLI’s Upkeep Service 1 softbound volume or digital, 862 pages, $216, Item #422941, ISBN 978-1-4024-4140-0, Published bi-annually or as needed
FEDERAL BAIL AND DETENTION HANDBOOK
John L. Weinberg (U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Washington at Seattle) and Evelyn J. Furse (U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Utah at Salt Lake City)
This Handbook offers lawyers, judges, probation, and pretrial service officers a helpful resource for on-point answers to all aspects of federal bail and detention law — especially those involving critical provisions of the Bail Reform Act of 1984. The authors have served as federal magistrate judges who have either extensively lectured on or pursued reform involving bail issues. Through easily digestible discussions told from grounded judicial perspectives, this work presents helpful practice pointers when confronting common Bail Reform Act problems. It also provides forms, sample orders, and sample motions that defense counsel and assistant U.S. attorneys can look to.
Receive important bail and detention law updates with PLI’s Upkeep Service. 1 softbound volume, 384 pages, $253, Item #422994, ISBN 978-1-4024-4589-7, Published annually
“The savings in time alone, as you try to prepare for an initial or detention hearing, makes the Handbook a bargain.” — Defense Magazine
PRINCIPLES OF APPELLATE LITIGATION A GUIDE TO MODERN PRACTICE Mark D. Harris (Proskauer Rose)
The Guide introduces appellate practitioners and generalist litigators to the ins and outs of appellate practice, from issue preservation at trial to U.S. Supreme Court practice tips. The author, a PLI lecturer and former Supreme Court clerk, has substantial public and private practice experience — including dozens of cases before the Supreme Court and appellate courts involving diverse legal issues. This practice guide features practical counseling and hard-won insights on handling appeals, improving written and oral advocacy, managing appellate motion practice, approaching amicus briefs, and troubleshooting common procedural and technical questions. Readers will also find instructive examples throughout the book from filed briefs, procedural motions, and other key appellate documents that showcase the author’s suggested points and practices in action. Track new, result-changing appellate and Supreme Court practice developments with PLI’s Upkeep Service. 1 looseleaf volume or digital, 456 pages, $421, Item #317394, ISBN: 978-1-4024-3771-7, Updated annually or as needed
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