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The “Best Time” to File a Spoliation Motion

E-Discovery LLC

So, if there’s a legitimate concern about spoliation rooted in fact and law, then counsel should raise it with opposing counsel immediately and then fairly and accurately convey the parties’ discussion about the concern with the court at the next opportunity. Emphasis added]. Berman, et al., State Bar Ass’n. 2020), 229.

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The Essential Purpose of Legal Writing: Importance, Types & Strategies

Legal Writing Launch

Pleadings: Pleadings are the formal documents filed with the court that state party positions in a lawsuit, including complaints, answers, petitions, and motions. This includes informing clients about their rights, duties, and the possible outcomes of their cases.

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Conflicts Arising From Sanctions Motions: An Analytical Framework

WA Bar News

6 CR 11(a) primarily addresses pleadings, motions, and other “legal memorandum[s].” CR 11(a)(3), in turn, includes in the attorney’s certification that the pleading or other paper “is not interposed for any improper purposes, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation[.]” 11 and 37.

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Word Processing Wars

E-Discovery LLC

When all the evidence is reviewed, it is clear that defendant believed it could comply with the contracts by delivering stewing chicken in the 2 1/2-3 lbs. I have concluded that plaintiff has not sustained its burden of persuasion that the contract used ‘chicken’ in the narrower sense.

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Jacqueline Schafer on Writing Briefs at the Speed of AI: How ClearBrief is Transforming Legal Drafting

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

She founded ClearBrief in 2020 to leverage AI to analyze documents and suggest relevant evidence and citations to streamline drafting. By uploading case documents and discovery materials, the AI can pull facts and quotes directly from the record to support legal arguments in the brief. Like we’re I love the strategy. And we won.

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10 Ways Attorneys Can Leverage AI Legal Prompts for Efficiency

Destination Articles Blog

AI Prompt for Case Law Research [Identify and summarize all precedent cases concerning breach of contract in the telecommunications sector within the last 10 years.] Preparing Case Filings AI’s ability to assist in drafting legal documents extends to complex litigation documents such as pleadings and motions.

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Reckoning: The Duty to Correct Under RPC 3.3

WA Bar News

Fucile In the course of a case, litigators typically make all sorts of statements to courts on the facts and the law. 1 In other situations, however, litigators make specific representations of fact or law based on personal knowledge. 2 Some are in briefs, while others are made in open court. and the withdrawal rule, RPC 1.16.