Amanda Fong | Nextpoint In a recent webinar hosted with EDRM, Nextpoint brought together litigation attorneys and legal professionals to break down what actually goes into deposition prep. The discussion surfaced five deposition preparation strategies that consistently move the needle. Here are the key takeaways. 1. Start your prep before you have a date on the calendar… Continue reading 5 Key Strategies for Depositions that Win Cases
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What To Do When You Suspect Your Client Is Lying
Michael J. Rossi | Conn Kavanaugh Lawyers are trained to handle bad facts. We learn from our earliest days in the trenches that unfavorable evidence does not end a case—it shapes strategy. What makes practice far more difficult is not bad facts but inaccurate facts. When clients shade the truth, omit key details, or lie… Continue reading What To Do When You Suspect Your Client Is Lying
One-Sided Game: Florida Supreme Court Limits Defense Role in Punitive Damages Motions
J. Richard Caldwell, Jr. | Rumberger | Kirk In Perlmutter v. Federal Ins. Co., No. SC2024-0058, 2026 WL 1689765 (Fla. June 11, 2026), the Supreme Court of Florida unanimously rejected the decision of the Florida 4th District Court of Appeal In Perlmutter v. Federal Ins. Co., 376 So.3d 24 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023). The specific issue concerned plaintiff’s burden in showing… Continue reading One-Sided Game: Florida Supreme Court Limits Defense Role in Punitive Damages Motions
Building the Case: Email Best Practices for Construction Litigation
Amanda Fong | Nextpoint The Email Problem in Construction After 44 years in the construction industry and over a decade combing through thousands of emails in litigation matters, Jerry Crawford has seen it all: the good, the bad, and the career-ending. “It’s pretty amazing sometimes what people will say in an email or type in… Continue reading Building the Case: Email Best Practices for Construction Litigation
My Current Love-Hate Relationship with AI
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog It’s early in the relationship, I know. But still, there are some things that bug me. Yet, I also know that it’s a relationship in which leaving is not an option, and even if I could, it’s not to the point where it’s so bad that I would… Continue reading My Current Love-Hate Relationship with AI