Dr. Jonathan Haidt, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, in a recent MPR broadcast from the Aspen Ideas Festival, pointed out the truism that, generally, happy people do better.  They do better in their work, in their marriages, in life, and so on. Except for lawyers (See Haidt Speech at about the 25 […]

Above the Law and other national law blogs look at an NJL marketing effort with a critical eye.  (Hat-tip: ML Reader JS! Thanks!)

Update #4 (August 18, 2011) on the Billiar case: If you have to lose a lawsuit, you want to do it along the lines that consumer rights lawyer and advocate, Nick Slade, did in the Billiar case, according to his partner, Peter Barry of Barry Slade & Wheaton.   That is, when recently asked about the […]

Update (August 17, 2011):  Minnesota Litigator gets one right.  The Eighth Circuit reversed, as predicted below. Original Post (April 22, 2011):  K-V Pharmaceutical, a Missouri company, had a multi-year business relationship with J. Uriach & CIA., S.A., a Spanish business.  It did not end very well and K-V sued J. Uriach in Missouri, relying on […]

Imagine you are a trial lawyer and your opposition proposes to offer the testimony of a supposed expert  into evidence who is, in your view, incompetent and unable to offer any valuable insight or any valid testimony.  You object, of course, to the admission of this evidence at trial.  You explain to the judge that the […]

Seth Leventhal, executive editor of this blog, has been following the saga of Vincent Ofor for quite some time.  Followers of this blog will recall that Ofor sought to void a mortgage by arguing that his signature on a power of attorney was not properly notarized.  He signed in NYC, but his signature was notarized […]

Here’s the quiz:  have a look at the linked scheduling order from a Minnesota State Court.  What do you notice?  (No Waldo, incidentally.)

Arbitration is supposed to be like going to court — a neutral arbiter is supposed to decide disputes — but much cheaper and quicker than U.S. civil litigation (which includes costly “bells and whistles” like juries, evidentiary rules, due process, and so on). In a large consumer class action before the U.S. District Court (D. Minn.) […]

Faegre & Benson + Baker & Daniels = ???

Back in February, Minnesota Litigator noted a major win for plaintiffs in a med-tech shareholder dispute (Bioergonomics, or “BioE”) in defeating defendants’ motion to dismiss, which had been brought on numerous bases. Summarizing the claims and defenses, plaintiffs claim that they were aware of and assumed the risk in investing in BioE, a cutting edge […]