Charles Holloway wonders whether offering the “key to the warehouse” promises a better choice of menu when it comes to reducing the costs of civil litigation. Some time ago, I recall having a somewhat unedifying row with a waiter at a restaurant in Naples, Italy as the Americans would say (presumably so as not to confuse it with… Read More »
The Great White Shark which terrorised the fictional seaside resort of Amity in the 1970s was a classic of its time and of its type. There have been a number of follow up films, none anything like as good as the original because now everyone knows the plot. Nonetheless this means that I do not… Read More »
Go away for a few days and when you come back it often takes an inordinate amount of time to catch up with developments. It is always the same and this time is no different. I left you with thoughts on Va Va Voom (Voom HD Holdings LLC v EchoStar Satellite LLC Index M 1748… Read More »
Hot on the heels of Voom comes what is believed to be the first federal case to adopt the use of predictive coding. The case is Monique Da Silva Moore, et al v Publicis Groupe and MSL Group and the decision was yesterday, 13th Feb 2012. It is not altogether surprising that the judge was His… Read More »
You will have to be at least 25 years old, I suspect, to remember a remarkably successful TV advertising campaign in the Nineties to promote the Renault Clio. Between 1991 and 1998, the series featured a father and daughter, Papa and Nicole, (with two other walk on parts) and apparently recreated the exchanges between Nicole… Read More »
Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all – Friedrich Nietzsche Like the rumble of thunder which precedes the storm or the escape of sulphurous gas which heralds a volcanic eruption, it is clear that the EU is up to something. That something promises to be momentous. Forget the recession/depression, forget the riots… Read More »
“Are you on LinkedIn?” asked my companion. I confessed that I was. “Facebook?” Well, not exactly, I replied. “Why not?” my interrogator continued. By this stage I was beginning to wish I had not started the conversation, but I had been keen to establish whether this particular litigation lawyer was into social media because our… Read More »
If you thought that this blog was in danger of a takeover by judicial pronouncements from the USA, here is a short reminder of some recent stories from the UK. In the race to modernity, the Supreme Court seems likely to allow advocates to dispense with court clothes. Whether this means that lawyers can appear… Read More »
Lovers of Greek mythology will be familiar with the story of Pandora, whose curiosity ensured that she opened the box given to her by Zeus with instructions that she should on no account open it. When she did, evil escaped around the world and although she tried her best to get the lid back on,… Read More »
If bits and bobs can tickle my fancy in some strange metaphorical way I would like to share with you four observations which struck me from the panel sessions at the recent IQPC event in Munich. Firstly, Ronni Solomon of King & Spalding, Atlanta referred to a case which resulted in high level executives having to… Read More »