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Anticipating And Avoiding ESI Problems by Matthew Kenefick Not always, but often enough to matter, electronically stored information (“ESI”) problems can be expensive and transform a modest lawsuit into a major dispute. Many times, however, ESI problems can be minimized by identifying the issues early on. Attorneys commonly work with their clients to institute a […]
Bill Capps and Mark Adams’s article, “Good Deals Gone Bad: Fiduciary Liabilities in Mergers and Acquisitions,” was published in the Orange County Business Journal’s Mergers & Acquisitions supplement. To view a PDF of this article, click here. Good Deals Gone Bad: Fiduciary Liabilities in Mergers and Acquisitions By Mark S. Adams and William F. Capps Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP The […]
The director’s friend: The business judgment rule By Mark Adams Reprinted with permission, Orange County Business Journal, August 27, 2012 A corporate director is entrusted to act for and on behalf of the corporation and its shareholders in managing the corporation’s affairs. A director assumes fiduciary duties and is expected to act with honesty, loyalty, […]
Mark Adams is a contributing author to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s publication, Witness Preparation (PBI No. 2011 – 6846). Mark contributed the Section, "Expert Testimony, A Trial Lawyer’s Checklist" which covers selecting an expert, engaging an expert, preparing for testifying, direct examination at trial, and cross examination at trial. See the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s publications […]
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Class Action Lawsuits The heavy hand of litigation v. the invisible hand of the marketplace This article by Mark Adams was originally published in the Orange County Business Journal. Download the PDF: Orange County Business Journal–US Supreme Court Limits Class Action Lawsuits On April 27, 2011, the United States Supreme Court […]
JMBM OC Litigation Newsletter Spring 2011 Expert Testimony: A Trial Lawyer’s Checklist How to ensure your expert is a gold mine, not a land mine Download the PDF: JMBM OC Litigation Newsletter–Expert Testimony Winning or losing your case can pivot on expert testimony. Experts can also have a huge impact on a settlement. So why […]
JMBM OC Litigation Newsletter Spring 2011 Patent False Marking Claims Prove Largely To Be A Nuisance Download the PDF: JMBM OC Litigation Newsletter–Patent False Marking Claims Prove Largely To Be A Nuisance Section 292 of the Patent Statute (Title 35) provides a civil penalty for falsely marking goods as being covered by a patent and […]
An article by Mark Adams titled "Preparing Your Witness" on how to prepare an expert witness for testimony, was published in The Recorder’s special report on Litigation. This article was also featured in Law Technology News.
An article by Mark Adams on jury selection, "The Science and Art of Advocacy," was published as a special feature in the April 2011 edition of Orange County Lawyer. In the article, Mark details successful strategies for choosing members of a jury and discusses why jury selection is an important part of trying a case […]
Matthew S. Kenefick’s article entitled, “Protecting Ownership When A Host Property Enters Foreclosure,” was published in the February 2011 edition of Solar Industry Magazine (Vol. 4, No.1). The article discusses the importance of a properly structured power purchase agreement to ensure that a building owner will not lose his solar energy system to a lender […]
