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Defendants Should Not Have Moved to Dismiss, Negotiated an ESI Protocol, and Engaged in Discovery Before Moving to Compel Arbitration

E-Discovery LLC

13, 2025), defendants waived their right to arbitration by moving to dismiss for failure to state a claim, negotiating an ESI Protocol, and engaging in discovery for 17 months. Defendants cited a contractual arbitration provision that mandated individual arbitration proceedings. In Parkin v.

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Opportunity in Crisis: Innovative Ways Law Firms Are Stepping Up Client Relationships

Attorney at Work

Virtual hearings and depositions inevitably became our path to continued momentum in our cases, so we had to train our clients in how to use it. Our office would set up ‘test run’ sessions where we would make sure the client knew how to use Zoom for their upcoming deposition. With our clients, we ran up against technology issues.

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Predicting and Protecting Yourself Against Violence: Interview With Craig Gundry

Attorney at Work

Litigation and justice proceedings are adversarial by nature and with the stakes involved, often result in amplified fears and feelings of grievance. Our team has assisted law firms and litigants in numerous situations over the years as a result of this dynamic. Litigation, by nature, is an adversarial business.

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Conflicts Arising From Sanctions Motions: An Analytical Framework

WA Bar News

FUCILE [R]equests for sanctions should not turn into satellite litigation or become a ‘cottage industry’ for lawyers.” — Washington State Physicians Ins. 2d 1054 (1993) “Sanctions litigation has not become the “cottage industry” the Washington Supreme Court warned against 31 years ago in its seminal Fisons decision. Exchange v.

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Document Review: Essential Strategies for Legal Professionals in Corporate and Contract Law

Destination Articles Blog

From corporate compliance to contract negotiations and litigation, knowing what to retain, disclose, or contest is critical. Document review is often the most labor-intensive and costly phase in litigation. Compliance and Regulatory Requirements Document review isn’t just about litigation.

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Reckoning: The Duty to Correct Under RPC 3.3

WA Bar News

Fucile In the course of a case, litigators typically make all sorts of statements to courts on the facts and the law. 1 In other situations, however, litigators make specific representations of fact or law based on personal knowledge. m) to include administrative hearings and arbitrations. 10 Comment 1 to RPC 3.3, 2d 872, 306 P.3d

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Thomas Suh and Ken Block on How LegalMation is Revolutionizing Litigation Efficiency (TGIR Ep. 222)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

The company provides AI-powered tools to help litigators automate repetitive tasks and work more efficiently. Suh provides background on founding LegalMation about seven years ago to help streamline the “scut work” litigation associates spend time on. Let’s jump into this week’s episode with a couple of great guests from LegalMation.