Jason Eckerly speaks on his expertise in toxic tort, and how he follows his firm’s phrase of making ‘the complex simple’. What is the biggest challenge you face when preparing corporate witnesses for testimony at trial? The biggest challenge in preparing a corporate witness for trial is helping the witness provide testimony that is […]
To Be or Not To Be... an Expert Witness In all developed systems of law, the evidence of expert witnesses can be crucial to the outcome of a dispute. Nowhere is this more so than in the UK, where expert evidence has been used in court cases since at least the 15th century. Nowadays […]
Over the past two decades, mining has steadily grown in Argentina. With the country facing difficulties during the global economic crisis which impacted the mining industry, they have an increased amount of mining opportunities. We speak with Jorge Vargas Gei, who sheds some light into what the mining industry is like in his jurisdiction. […]
Law firms Tomasik Kotin Kasserman in Chicago and Taylor & Ring in Los Angeles recently filed suit against the elite, private Montessori School of Lake Forest (Illinois) and its former teacher Celina Montoya for the sexual abuse of a young male student. The complaint states that Montoya began "grooming" the boy, identified as John Doe, […]
A specialist information and communications technology lawyer has issued a stark warning about the dangers of posting on social media after a Dorset woman has been left with a fine of thousands of pounds for comments made on Facebook. Making comments on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks can land you in a legal minefield […]
In reference to a recent case that sought to clarify the right for domestic courts to hear an EU wide trademark dispute, below experts at Clarke Willmott LLP explain the resolution, and point towards an answer to the question: Where do you sue for infringement of an EU trademark? The Court of Appeal recently (1 […]
Bringing Lawyer Monthly expert barrister knowledge every month with our #WednesdayWisdom, here Scott Haley, Family Practice Manager at One Pump Court, discusses the meaning and history behind ‘taking silk’. The award of Queen's Counsel is known informally as “taking silk”, which is why QC’s are often colloquially known as ‘silks’. An example of meritocracy at the Bar, […]
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