Posts by David Reif

Today’s lead is a major decision out of the Ninth Circuit dealing with the choice of law in actions to...

I finished Monday’s “Highlights” with the hope that this would be a quiet week.  Well, at least on the published...

On this Martin Luther King Day, with the turmoil in the U.S.’s political and social fabric, it is worth remembering...

An abundance of cases today makes up for the paucity early in the week.  This has allowed me to continue...

It is a very quiet day today with only a few published decisions.  Of greatest interest is the Third Circuit’s...

Today we get a chance to look at some procedural issues, as well as a comparison between how two courts...

I am currently reading Chernow’s Hamilton and just finished Ricks’ First Principles.  I am having a hard time getting my...

Happy New Year.  Hopefully, this year brings us back to the face-to-face practice of arbitration, litigation and mediation.  Far more...

It is a holiday week, so there has not been much happening in the federal judicial system.  Therefore, in addition...

Welcome back. It was a strange Christmas this year.  Opening gifts by Zoom, like Zoom mediations, accomplishes the purpose but...