by charlebois | Apr 10, 2014 | Volume 62, Volume 62, Issue 3
Joan C. Williams and Veta Richardson Volume 62, Issue 3, 597-676 This Article reports on a survey of 694 law firm partners, virtually all women, who filled out an online survey about the impact of law firm compensation systems on women. The results were analyzed...
by charlebois | Apr 10, 2014 | Volume 62, Volume 62, Issue 3
Ronald D. Rotunda Volume 62, Issue 3, 677-706 A general principle of legal ethics is that a law firm may not represent a client suing someone who is also a client of the law firm (1) even though the two matters are unrelated, (2) a different law firm represents the...
by charlebois | Apr 10, 2014 | Volume 62, Volume 62, Issue 3
Peter J. Smith Volume 62, Issue 3, 707-736 Several prominent and self-described “new originalists” have begun to contend that the objective original meaning of many of the Constitution’s provisions should be ascertained at a very high level of generality. They have...
by charlebois | Apr 10, 2014 | Volume 62, Volume 62, Issue 3
Mark Haug and Emily Baird Volume 62, Issue 3, 737-756 The Supreme Court in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. laid down the standard for admissibility of expert testimony. We believe the best standard is simpler than the one chosen by the Court: The Daubert...
by charlebois | Apr 10, 2014 | Volume 62, Volume 62, Issue 3
Jacqueline Young Volume 62, Issue 3, 757-794 The threat of natural disaster looms each year over many states in the U.S. Although major disasters are, in that sense, predictable, they nevertheless strike without warning. The private insurance industry has proven...
by charlebois | Apr 10, 2014 | Volume 62, Volume 62, Issue 3
Mary Elizabeth Keaney Volume 62, Issue 3, 795-820 Courts encourage settlement as a way to resolve disputes efficiently and clear congested dockets, but settlement agreements can have a sinister effect too. It is becoming common in modern litigation to draft settlement...
