Proving future damages when your client is self-employed
The self-employed client poses particular challenges when calculating future damages; lost profits can be evidence of impaired capacity to earn.
John M. Feder and Daniel B. Pleasant

Underground foodies: Legal renegades or Robin Hoods?
Is it a dinner party in a private home, a dining club, or an unlicensed restaurant? The author looks at the legal implications and identifiable solutions to the Bay Area’s burgeoning underground food movement.
Sheila Yazdi

Does the high unemployment rate affect employment cases?
The jobs recession likely impacts plaintiffs’ win rates, but more certain is that a juror’s decision is based on gender, racial/ethnic, or demographic biases.
Sonia Chopra

Profile: Amy Eskin
“Fierce and committed,” Eskin is the rare trial lawyer who has spent her entire career at one firm, Hersh and Hersh, doing battle with big pharma and other Goliaths.
Stephen Ellison

Trial Practice and Procedure
Prying attorneys from their deceptive clients
The authors look at the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege in investor fraud cases.
Eustace de Saint Phalle and Andrew Clay, The Veen Firm

Managing your Office
iPad or E-Reader: Which should you buy this holiday season?
Do you primarily want a convenient way to read books and newspapers, or do you want some reading, some computing power and a mobile Net cruiser? Here’s a look at features and benefits of the latest “must have” devices.
Michael Mortimer

Appellate Reports and Cases in Brief
Court can deny petition to compel arbitration; also, bringing redundant causes of action in defamation suit can lead to anti-SLAPP rulings that open the door to attorney’s fees.
Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich