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- Don't Say You Weren't Warned
Now here's model of forward-thinking risk management from which many an industry might profit: - When the Night Wind Howls in the Chimney Cowls
- Insurers After the Fires: Liked, But Not Well-Liked
As the fires of this past week are brought increasingly to heel, and as residents and business owners return to assess what the fire has left behind, two articles from Wednesday's Los Angeles Times provide a reminder of the ambivalence so many feel toward their insurers. "Sure - Smokey Despair, or, "My Momma Told Me, 'You'd Better Chaparral'"
- A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (subject to a 250-word deductible)
Back in January, I wrote about the high cost of insuring major art museum exhibitions. The topic comes up again this week on the weblog of - Mothers Against Brie & Chardonnay
Suppose, just suppose, that you are the Aspen Art Museum.On occasion, you make your gallery spaces available for a price for social events. At some of these social events, alcohol is served. - For the Lawyer Who Already Has Everything Else
- DC Superior Court to fast track auto cases
The DC Superior Court is implementing new fast track Scheduling Orders this fall for car accident cases only. The fast track is identified as "V" for "vehicle." Key changes: 1. For all car accident cases, the Pretrial Date and the Medi - Recent changes to D.C. Superior Court Rules 5 and 16
SCR 5 has been changed with regard to when a Certificate Regarding Discovery is to be filed. Now, it is only to be filed when a motion relating to discovery is filed, and the certificate is to detail all the discovery to date as of that time. SCR 16 has been changed to make mandatory - Beginning of the end
It's been 3 months since my last post. I could be wrong but I think that's the longest I've ever gone. I've run this blog for 3 years now, and these three years have been among the most significant of my life. The blog has witnessed the death of my father, the end of a brief marriage, and several ot - Bell Atlantic v Twombly -- the death of notice pleading?
Ted Frank at Point of Law was early to recognize the import of the May 21, 2007 decision in Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, 127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007). A longer look at the decision was taken in Dodson, - Recent cases
The following case summaries are courtesy of Michele B. Hinerman, Esq.:Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.No.CCB-05-605(D. Md. 4/12/06)Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Co - Checklist for E-Filings in DC Superior Court
Tips recently provided from the DC Superior Court for successful e-filing:ü I have the proper full case number and judge having checked at www.dccourts.gov/pa - Liability of DC Halfway House For Acts of Former Resident
In Smith v. Hope Village, Inc., No. 05-633 (RBW)(D.D.C. Apr. 12, 2007), the district court denied the defendant's motion for summary judgment, in which the defendant had argued in part that, as a matter of law, a hal - DC Bar's Virtual Law Library - Law of Lawyering
The DC Bar's website is sporting a "Virtual Library" these days. Most significantly, it includes a lengthy treatise on the Law of Lawyering, courtesy of the law firm of Covington & Burling, desc
