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Civil Justice Playbook: To Change the Discovery Culture, Take It One Case at a Time

Discussions of civil justice reform often take place at a 30,000-foot level, with broad conversations about making our legal system more efficient, navigable and affordable. While we at IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, strive to...

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Arbitration Without the Feel of Litigation: It’s all about control, and it starts with discovery

For many, electronic discovery in litigation is a source of uncertainty, not to mention the headaches and exhaustion caused by seemingly infinite motion practice. When federal rules were adopted to address electronically stored information (ESI) in 2006, the primary culprits were email messages and...

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Turning Liabilities into Assets: To make intelligent decisions during litigation, you need to fully understand the electronic data

It was a good case, a simple case, alleging wrongful discharge. The merits were in favor of the defense, and, as evidence came in, it was lining up cleanly and consistently with the defendant’s recollection of the events. Barring any unforced errors, it would be a relatively smooth win. Then...

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