Litigation

Discovery

Charles J. Falletta | Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

One of litigation counsel’s worst nightmares in producing documents is the inadvertent production of privileged or work-product documents. In this age of electronically stored information where parties are often required to produce hundreds of thousands or even millions of pages of...

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Anthony Candido | Clifford Chance

As arbitration clauses have become more common in commercial contracts, many parties have discovered that arbitration is not as streamlined or as inexpensive as they had hoped. Among other things, arbitral panels in the United States are increasingly willing to permit wide-ranging discovery from...

Nonprofit

Tara M. Walsh, John C. Hook, Russell J. Ressler | Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

When can charities be required to return restricted gifts to donors? While a gift is considered complete when accepted, there are times when donors can not only enforce restrictions but also have their gifts returned from noncompliant charities. On January 24, 2012, an Oklahoma jury awarded...