TEXAS LITIGATION AND EXPERT WITNESSES
EXPERT TESTIMONY and RULES OF LAW Expert testimony in Texas courts, and pretty much everywhere...
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CAN DEFENDING LIABILITY INSURER SUE DEFENSE COUNSEL–YES OR NO?
LEGAL MALPRACTICE & THE LIABILITY INSURANCE INDUSTRY: AN INTRODUCTION WITH A FOCUS UPON TEXAS Michael Sean Quinn* The reader will notice that there are random changes between double spacing and single spacing and more....
Read MoreLIABILITY INSURER AND LIABILITY OF ITS LAWYER FOR THE INSURED
BEHOLD: COMPUTER/CYBER/DIGITALLY CAUSED DISAPPEARANCE. SEE SAME TITLED POST/ESSAY– THOUGH A JUMBLED MESS–ON “QUINN’S COMMENTARIES ON INSURANCE LAW” AT THE SAME...
Read MoreLINCOLN AS LAWYER
ABE’S GREATEST CASE Michael Sean Quinn* Among lawyers who are historically minded, some are fascinated by Abraham Lincoln, a semi disguised trial lawyer and legal genius (of sorts, for his age) who was America’s...
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Assholes: What Are They? Michael Sean Quinn* “ASSHOLES: A THEORY” is the title of a short book by Aaron James, a professor of philosophy at the University of California Irvine. He published it in 2012 (Doubleday). It...
Read MoreLEGAL FEES — MEASURING REASONABLENESS — THE LODESTAR METHOD
Texas Subtleties in Using the “Lodestar” Method Michael Sean Quinn** Texas Disciplinary Rule of Professional Conduct 1.04 is recognized as providing some of...
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REASONABLENESS OF “HOURLY” LEGAL FEES–A SUMMARY OF SOME CONSIDERATIONS, THOUGH NOT THE SUM, OF THEM ALL Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D., Etc.* See the end Lawyers are fiduciaries of their clients. Lawyers have duties to...
Read MoreDiscovery Phraseology: “fail to reach out” versus. “mistake,” etc.
ON USING THE PHRASE “REACHING OUT” Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D.* Often in depositions and/or trial testimony—more frequently depositions, of course, a lawyer (“L”) asks a witness (“W”) whether s/he contacted another person...
Read MoreLegal Ethics, Sanctions in Litigation, General Morality
UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE(S) OF ACCEPTABLE LAW PRACTICE Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D.* The following words come from Leroy Haeger v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., CV-05-02046-PHX-ROS (D.Ariz). November 8,...
Read MoreLEGAL MARKETS AND THE NEW ADVERTISING OF CLIENTS
LAWYER MARKETS AND CLIENT ADVERTISING Michael Sean Quinn* What happens in and to a market when the prices of those selling goods and services rise beyond consumer expectations and/or consumer tolerance? How might all this happen...
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