Civil litigators often overlook character evidence, assuming it to be inadmissible. But the Federal Rules of Evidence and their state counterparts do not impose a categorical ban on character evidence ...

(This article was originally published on June 1, 2025. For a regularly updated version of this resource, see Limiting E-Discovery Costs in Federal Civil Litigation on Practical Law.) Generally, an ...

The phrase "secret settlement" has a shady ring to it, even though it denotes nothing more than a contract between two or more parties that is not released to the public--just like nearly all ...

Navigating the timing and scope of an individual’s or entity’s duty to preserve information (including ESI, hard copy documents, and other tangible items) in any particular matter is both critical and ...

Most civil litigators successfully avoid having to address criminal matters, but sometimes the collision of civil and criminal worlds cannot be avoided. For instance, you may represent a financial ...