Download or read book Lawyers Lawsuits and Legal Rights written by Thomas F. Burke and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Burke drills deep into America's unique culture of litigation and is rewarded with a powerful insight: it is not the public or even lawyers that are so darn litigious, but American law itself. This meticulous, dispassionate book stands not only to advance the debate but—I hope—to reshape it."—Jonathan Rauch, author of Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working "Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights is a fascinating study of the American penchant for public policies that rely on lawsuits to get things done. Burke's analysis is insightful and original. This book compellingly shows that litigious policies have deep roots in our Constitution, culture, and politics."—Charles Epp, author of The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective "Burke's authoritative book demonstrates that the highly litigious American system is not an isolated anomaly but in fact fits in with deeply-rooted elements of American political culture. Where citizens of other countries rely on expert or bureaucratic judgment to resolve disputes, Americans turn to the courts. Equally novel and compelling, Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights marshals an impressive set of evidence and delivers a refreshingly well-written look at the state of American litigation."—Frank R. Baumgartner, co-author of Agendas and Instability in American Politics

Download or read book Lawyers and Lawsuits written by Robert A. Izard and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1998-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn How to Survive the Ordeal of a Lawsuit in this Valuable Guide Lawyers and Lawsuits: A Guide to Litigation is a lively, step-by-step analysis of the litigation process. Through real-life illustrations, you'll learn what you need to do when faced with a lawsuit—whether as a plaintiff or a defendant. This book will help you evaluate your attorney, understand your lawsuit in-depth, and, most importantly, empower you to make sure that the litigation process works for you. not your lawyer or opponent. It will also save you time and money in resolving your disputes today—and tomorrow. The Experts Applaud Lawyers and Lawsuits: "Lawyers and Lawsuits cuts through the tangled web of procedures that make lawsuits a nightmare … and does it in plain English. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone who needs to hire the right lawyer, bring or defend a suit, or control the time and cost of litigation." —Mark Haller, Partner, Corporate Finance Recovery & Disputes Group, Price Waterhouse LLP "Lawyers and Lawsuits gives readers a better understanding of why cases are decided the way they are, and it will enable them to make better decisions on issues ranging from the selection of counsel to choosing the most beneficial dispute resolution forum. Bob Izard has taken the mystery out of many complicated legal issues in a way that is easy to read and understand." —William T. Meisen, Chief Claims Officer, DPIC Companies, Inc. "Robert's book is wonderful. It captures the exact process we went through in a real-life lawsuit. It could not be more on point." —Fred Boling, President, Astroline Company Visit us online at http://www.mgr.com

Download or read book Protect Yourself from Business Lawsuits written by Thomas A. Schweich and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas A. Schweich, himself a lawyer, offers novel and inexpensive advice about how companies and their employees can use commonsense business tactics to avoid potentially devastating litigation.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Lawsuits written by Victoria E. Green J.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you been confused by a lawsuit? We can help. Millions of civil lawsuits are filed in the U.S. court system, costing billions of dollars in legal fees to those involved. The process is so complex that few people can pursue civil action without professional help, leaving them totally at a lawyer's mercy. Yet how many people truly know what they're getting into when they're involved in a lawsuit? The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Lawsuits clarifies the entire process in layman's terms. Expert litigator and law professor Victoria E. Green offers valuable insight into: • The pros and cons of filing lawsuits • How they begin and each party's response • Selecting and paying attorneys • Consequences of the settlement and appeals

Download or read book The Litigation Explosion written by Walter K. Olson and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years ago, Americans saw lawsuits as a last resort; now they're the world's most litigous people. One of the most discussed, debated, and widely reviewed books of 1991, The Litigation Explosion explains why today's laws encourage us to sue first and ask questions later.

Download or read book Lawyers on Trial written by Philip M. Stern and published by Crown. This book was released on 1980 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Download or read book Lawyers Lawsuits and Legal Rights written by Thomas F. Burke and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Burke drills deep into America's unique culture of litigation and is rewarded with a powerful insight: it is not the public or even lawyers that are so darn litigious, but American law itself. This meticulous, dispassionate book stands not only to advance the debate but—I hope—to reshape it."—Jonathan Rauch, author of Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working "Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights is a fascinating study of the American penchant for public policies that rely on lawsuits to get things done. Burke's analysis is insightful and original. This book compellingly shows that litigious policies have deep roots in our Constitution, culture, and politics."—Charles Epp, author of The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective "Burke's authoritative book demonstrates that the highly litigious American system is not an isolated anomaly but in fact fits in with deeply-rooted elements of American political culture. Where citizens of other countries rely on expert or bureaucratic judgment to resolve disputes, Americans turn to the courts. Equally novel and compelling, Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights marshals an impressive set of evidence and delivers a refreshingly well-written look at the state of American litigation."—Frank R. Baumgartner, co-author of Agendas and Instability in American Politics

Download or read book Conduct of Lawsuits Out of and in Court written by John Calvin Reed and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Justice Broker written by Herbert M. Kritzer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1990-11-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In law, as elsewhere, the ordinary is overshadowed in the popular and academic literature by the dramatic and sensational. While the role and behavior of lawyers in the operation of our criminal justice system has been closely scrutinized, comparatively little research has been devoted to the manner in which lawyers litigate the day-to-day civil (non-criminal) cases that comprise the vast bulk of the workload in state and federal courts. Originally commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice, this is the first comprehensive national study of the U.S. civil justice system. Kritzer analyzes 1600 cases involving 1400 attorneys in five federal judicial districts. Examining the background, experiences, day-to-day activities, and outlook of civil lawyers, Kritzer finds that the work of lawyers combines the roles of the professional and the broker in many aeas of ordinary litigation. Arguing that lawyers' behavior must be understood in part as a form of brokerage between the client and the legal system, he suggests that the roles of professionals and brokers be considered as complements rather than alternatives in the justice system, and concludes by recommending that lawyers' monopoly on advocacy in civil litigation be restricted. An engaging, lucidly written study, The Justice Broker will be of special interest to practicing lawyers and legal scholars.

Download or read book The Money Lawyers written by Joseph C. Goulden and published by Truman Talley Books. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Money Lawyers Joseph C. Goulden vividly describes how lawyering has become a money-driven business, not just a profession. It explores the lucrative world of class-action litigation, where plaintiff lawyers - "The Class-Action Club" - garner billions of dollars in damages and fees through suits against manufacturers of items such as breast implants, asbestos, and diet pills. Also featured are the new super-lawyer David Boies of IBM/Florida vote fame; the Washington, D.C., lawyer-lobbyist Tom Boggs; and the mess divorce of securities "strike-suit law" William Lerach of San Diego and Melvyn Weiss of New York. Additionally, the dark side of "white-shoe law" is detailed in an account of how a Wall Street firm cast out partners so that survivors could make more money, and the price the firm paid for its blatant disloyalty.

Download or read book Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania written by George Bochetto and published by Legal Intelligencer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade or so, Pennsylvania has seen a significant (if not explosive) increase in lawsuits that, at their core, complain that some other lawsuit was "wrongful" or "abusive." Such suits are popularly known as "Dragonetti" actions. Typically, these cases are brought not only against the litigants bringing the allegedly wrongful proceedings, but against their lawyers as well. All practicing litigation attorneys - and indeed any lawyer involved in representing clients in litigation - are potential targets of wrongful use actions and should have a thorough understanding of the legal rules and principles by which he or she may be judged. Despite the fact that "wrongful use" cases have for centuries been debated in the courts, there are few, if any, analytical resources available. Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania is a comprehensive review of the body of law upon which wrongful use litigation is built. Compiled by author George Bochetto of Bochetto & Lentz, P.C. and his colleagues, it is based based upon years of experience and a close study of the jurisprudence.

Download or read book Entrepreneurial Litigation written by John C. Coffee Jr. and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uniquely in the United States, lawyers litigate large cases on behalf of many claimants who could not afford to sue individually. In these class actions, attorneys act typically as risk-taking entrepreneurs, effectively hiring the client rather than acting as the client’s agent. Lawyer-financed, lawyer-controlled, and lawyer-settled, such entrepreneurial litigation invites lawyers to sometimes act more in their own interest than in the interest of their clients. And because class litigation aggregates many claims, defendants object that its massive scale amounts to legalized extortion. Yet, without such devices as the class action and contingent fees, many meritorious claims would never be asserted. John Coffee examines the dilemmas surrounding entrepreneurial litigation in a variety of specific contexts, including derivative actions, securities class actions, merger litigation, and mass tort litigation. His concise history traces how practices developed since the early days of the Republic, exploded at the end of the twentieth century, and then waned as Supreme Court decisions and legislation sharply curtailed the reach of entrepreneurial litigation. In an evenhanded account, Coffee assesses both the strengths and weaknesses of entrepreneurial litigation and proposes a number of reforms to achieve a fairer balance. His goal is to save the class action, not discard it, and to make private enforcement of law more democratically accountable. Taking a global perspective, he also considers the feasibility of exporting a modified form of entrepreneurial litigation to other countries that are today seeking a mechanism for aggregate representation.

Download or read book A Nation of Adversaries written by Patrick M. Garry and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rule of Lawyers written by Walter K. Olson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-01-21 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Truman Talley books." Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-340) and index.

Download or read book Tort Reform Plaintiffs Lawyers and Access to Justice written by Stephen Daniels and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tort reform is a favorite cause for many business leaders and right-leaning politicians, who contend that out-of-control lawsuits throttle growth and inflate costs, particularly in healthcare. Less is said about how such reforms might affect the ability of individuals to recover damages for injuries suffered through another party's negligence. On that count, Texas--where efforts at tort reform have been energetic and successful--provides an opportunity to appraise the outcome for plaintiffs and their lawyers, an opportunity that Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin take full advantage of in this timely and provocative work. Because much of the action on tort reform takes place on the state level, a look at the experience of Texas, a large and important state with a very active plaintiff's bar, is especially instructive. Plaintiffs' lawyers work on a contingency fee basis, collecting compensation for themselves as a percentage only if they win. Reduce lawyers' ability to use contingency fees as compensation, as tort reform inevitably does, and you reduce their economic incentive to do this work. Daniels and Martin’s study bears this out. Drawing on over 20 years of research, extensive surveys and interviews, the authors explore the impact the tort reform movement in Texas has had on the ability of plaintiffs to obtain judgments--in short on private citizens' meaningful access to the full power of the law. In the course of their analysis, the authors explain the history and economics behind the workings of the plaintiffs’ bar. They explore how lawyers select cases and clients, as well as the referral process that moves cases among lawyers and allows for specialization. They also examine the effects of medical malpractice reforms on plaintiffs' lawyers--reforms that often close the courthouse doors to certain types of people--tort reform's "hidden victims." Plaintiffs' lawyers are the civil justice system's gatekeepers, providing meaningful access to the rights the law provides. Daniels and Martin’s thorough and fair-minded work offers a unique and sobering perspective on how tort reform can curtail this access--and thus, the legal rights of American citizens.

Download or read book Lawyers and the Legal Profession written by Murray L. Schwartz and published by MICHIE. This book was released on 1985 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: