At the beginning of each calendar year, ALI CLE annually presents its premier course, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation. In January 2022, the conference was held over two and one-half days in Scottsdale, AZ, hosting hundreds of...
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PACE YOURSELF: DEVELOP A PAY-AS-YOU-GO APPROACH TO WORK
It might be de rigueur in the legal profession, but overwork is not pretty. It can even be deadly. In Japan, “karoshi,” or death from overwork, claims anywhere from 200 to 10,000 workers annually. The problem is not unique to Japan. In the first...
Five Steps To Protect Your Trade Secrets Without A Non-Compete
How do you protect your trade secrets? If the answer is by imposing non-compete clauses on your workforce, there’s bad news: As trends in trade secrets go, non-competes are on their way out. Relying on non-compete clauses in contracts has...
The Art of Witness Impeachment
I often have occasion to recount wisdom-laden legal anecdotes for the edification of newer lawyers. These lawyers listen with rapt attention, even while glancing at their phones. Ahead, preserved for posterity, is one of those anecdotes. It...
Stressless Ways To Address Stress
If you ever have the desire to see a perfectly executed eye-roll, or just have a glance at an eloquently blank stare, here’s what to do: Ask another attorney if they’ve been stressed out lately. Pushing the point can escalate the matter from...
ANNOUNCING TOBY PRINCE BRIGHAM OCA SCHOLAR NINA SAWAYA
Press Release from Newswire.com - DENVER, November 9, 2021 Owners' Counsel of America (OCA), a national association of experienced eminent domain lawyers is pleased to announce that Nina Sawaya, a second year law student attending Denver University...
2021 EMINENT DOMAIN UPDATE:
KEY DECISIONS IN PUBLIC USE AND JUST COMPENSATIONPREREQUISITES TO THE TAKING Utah: As long as taking is for the birds, not the environmental plaintiffs, it's a public use In Utah Dep’t of Transp. v. Coalt, Inc., the Utah Supreme Court considered...
TWELVE DEPOSITION PRINCIPLES, MECHANICS, STRATEGIES, AND PRACTICES
This chapter addresses 12 basic deposition principles, mechanics, strategies, and practices, including who may be deposed, when, where, and how to get them there, limitations on the number and duration of depositions, the relationship between...
ALI CLE Quick Tips: Frustration-Free Contract Drafting in Microsoft Word
Join Craig Brody for this quick hit information on how to reduce frustration when drafting contracts in Microsoft Word! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=399NENrORI4 Interested in learning more? Be sure to catch tips like this and much more during...