WA Bar News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

If you subscribe to WSBA deskbooks, secondary publications, or the briefs and pleadings database on the Fastcase platform, those subscriptions will move with you to the new platform. The new vLex Fastcase features a more streamlined, easier-to-read design to make research simpler and more accessible for experts and beginners alike.

Legal Research 52

Legal Research Pleadings Court Rules Technology 52

WA Bar News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Fucile In the course of a case, litigators typically make all sorts of statements to courts on the facts and the law. 2 Some are in briefs, while others are made in open court. 9 Here, however, well focus on the ethics rule. on meritorious claims and contentions, and court rules, such as CR 11(a) governing pleading standards.

Pleadings 52

Pleadings Witnesses Arbitration Litigation 52

Practice of Law

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

He pleaded not guilty and proceeded to a three-day trial. All in all, the court of appeals let the conviction stand. Most famously and recently, last fall, a Georgia trial court ruled to allow Young Thug's lyrics as evidence in his criminal case, arguing they demonstrate gang affiliation and state of mind.

Evidence 40

Evidence Admissibility Objections Pleadings 40

E-Discovery LLC

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The Colonial Carpets Court wrote that procedural rules are the lawyers compass and serve to help him [or her] steer through the narrows of pleading, pass the rocks of default, around the shoals of limitation, and safely into the harbor of judgment. 583, 584, 374 A.2d 2d 419, 42021 (1977). Quest Diagnostics Inc.,

Interrogatories 130

Interrogatories Objections Discovery Admissibility 130

WA Bar News

JUNE 12, 2025

5 Second, because the “independent professional judgment” thread of the rule overlaps with the conflict rules—principally RPC 1.7(a)(2) a) reserves to clients major strategic decisions such as whether to settle a civil case or plead guilty in a criminal proceeding. 7 Accordingly, RPC 1.2(a) 10 Candid Advice Comment 1 to RPC 2.1

Litigation 96

Litigation Pleadings Court Rules Insurance 96

Practice of Law

JULY 8, 2025

Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has added several cases to its docket to close out the 2024-25 term. A protester who pleaded no contest to violating an ordinance is seeking to sue the city for restricting his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by forcing him to preach in a designated area. Included in the mix is Olivier v. City of Brandon.

Precedent 40

Precedent Pleadings Court Rules 40

Evidence at Trial

MARCH 22, 2023

In pretrial litigation , judicial notice requests are used in pleadings to establish some needed fact without an attesting witness. 2009) wherein the district court judicially noticed several documents when doing its own research in a contract action. 201(f); see also Cal. Code § 457. Hoich , 560 F.3d 3d 780 (8th Cir.

Evidence 52

Evidence Witnesses Hearsay Rule Admissibility 52