by Andy Arnold | Sep 19, 2009 | Litigation, Practice of Law
Trying cases is what I think I do best. There are some lessons that I have learned along the way. Twitter helped be shrink them down to 140 characters or less. Here are my top 10: 1. Cases are won as much by facts forgotten as facts remembered. 2 If truth is in... read more
by Andy Arnold | Aug 9, 2009 | Employment Law, Litigation
I had a jury trial a couple of weeks ago, in which I represented a small business being sued for defamation. There are two types of defamation: (1) Written defamation, which is called libel; and (2) spoken defamation, which is called slander. My case involved... read more
by Andy Arnold | May 16, 2009 | Employment Law, Litigation
E-Mails Can Crack Cases : I have several cases that need cracking. A couple of employment cases that have employers who are inattentive to the case or who have bad memories. Either way, these defendants are not producing much information, and I know that there is more... read more
by Andy Arnold | May 3, 2009 | Litigation, Practice of Law
In many cases, a client can secure legal representation without any out of pocket expense for attorney fees by hiring a lawyer on a contingency fee arrangement. The way a contingency fee works is that a lawyer agrees to be compensated from the proceeds of a settlement... read more
by Andy Arnold | Apr 6, 2009 | Employment Law, Litigation
I meet with people weekly to review severance agreements. Almost all severance agreements include a release of claims. A release of claims is an agreement whereby the one person agrees not to assert claims or file lawsuits against the other. It is logical to wonder... read more
by Andy Arnold | Mar 20, 2009 | Litigation
Jurors are Tweeps too: Jurors are instructed not to conduct independent research about issues in the cases they are selected to decide. They must decide the case on the evidence presented. They must not discuss the case until deliberations and then, only while in... read more