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Trial Academy Offers New Early Registration Savings

Apr 28, 2009

The IADC is offering a second early registration deadline discount. Register someone for this year's Trial Academy by Monday, June 1 and save $300 per registration.

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Courtroom Success: Peggy Fonshell Ward

Apr 28, 2009

IADC member Peggy Fonshell Ward recently successfully defended a staff member of a residential treatment facility who had been accused of child abuse for pushing a teen resident of the facility.

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Courtroom Success: Paul D. Williams

Mar 15, 2009

IADC member Paul D. Williams of Day, Pitney, LLP represented the defendant manufacturer in this three-week trial in Bowers v. Malibu Boats, Inc. et al. Mercury Marine was the manufacturer of a 1992 engine wiring harness installed on a MerCruiser engine in a Malibu boat owned by the thirty-year old decedent.​

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Courtroom Success: Thomas J. Hurney, Jr.

Mar 15, 2009

IADC member Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., with Rob Aliff and Jennifer Mankins of Jackson Kelly, Charleston, West Virginia, won a defense jury verdict for a hospital in a medical professional liability case on January 27, 2009, in Charleston, West Virginia.

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LCJ Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules Governing Summary Judgment and Expert Discovery

Nov 25, 2008

Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) and the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) submitted comments last week to the Civil Rules Advisory Committee regarding proposed amendments to Rules 56 and 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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LCJ Submits Comments Regarding Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules Governing Summary Judgment and Expert Discovery

Nov 25, 2008

Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) and the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) submitted comments last week to the Civil Rules Advisory Committee regarding proposed amendments to Rules 56 and 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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