Matthew T. McLaughlin, a partner at Venable, discusses two recent New York State court decisions which touch on the deliberative process privilege while also looking at a series of federal court ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

If you find yourself involved in civil litigation of any kind, the case will take up a significant part of your life. While your attorney will take on the heavy lifting, he or she will require your ...

Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy deal, which will reach the Supreme Court for oral argument on Monday, is just one of many examples of recent unorthodox civil procedure maneuvers in public harms litigation.

After seven long years of heated debate, on June 4, 2025, the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure finally approved the framework of a new rule of civil procedure ...