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Public Interest Law
Monday, February 4, 2008
By Martin A. Schwartz

" Martin A. Schwartz, a law professor at Touro College - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, writes that even neophyte litigators quickly learn that whether a civil suit gets past the motion stage to trial is critical, because cases that get to trial are prime candidates for settlement. A recent Supreme Court decision, he warns, makes it more difficult for plaintiffs' lawyers to get excessive force cases to the jury".

Employment Law
Monday, February 4, 2008
By Jeffrey S. Klein and Nicholas J. Pappas

"Jeffrey S. Klein and Nicholas J. Pappas, partners at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, provide a general overview of the legal framework that courts have applied in deciding whether to deny enforcement of arbitration agreements under the law of unconscionability, and then analyze a recent California appellate court decision which denied enforcement of an arbitration agreement due to unconscionability, in part because of the inclusion of a class-action waiver clause."