Attorney fee awards and the common fund doctrine
The writer examines the delicate balance of the law of restitution: to recover the cost of attaining a successful resolution without becoming unjustly enriched at the expense of the client.
Mary Katherine Bedard

The Holy Grail uncovered?
The authors, an attorney and a physician, discuss how two online systems can help your genuinely-suffering clients get the full compensation they deserve while weeding out those whose complaints end up not being legitimate. The authors analyze the scientific documentation behind and the impact of the MMPI “Fake Bad” scale.
Reginald Doyle and

Thomas Benghauser

The anatomy of risk
It is one thing to understand the substantive rules of liability, but quite another to assess – and express – your client’s chances of winning and the consequences of losing. Communicating with the client can be the key to avoiding ill-advised risks in personal-injury cases.
Bo Links

From Where I Sit
You win some; you lose some
Recent rulings on recovery of expert witness fees, summary judgment rules and product liability actions are a mixed bag.
Donna Bader

Settlement Matters
When your client is out of control
Jeffrey Krivis

Public Interest Forum
Ontario: Lessons from one city’s attempt to regulate homelessness
The question of evicting the homeless has become a hot topic regarding the subject of “fair housing.”
Michele Magar

Trial Practice & Procedure
The admissibility of a defendant’s written policies and procedures as evidence of the  standard of care
The author discusses how P&P can be used effectively to show a hospital’s duty in medical negligence cases and how P&P have been used to establish duty and standards in non-medical settings.
Shirley K. Watkins

Managing your Office
Telephone technology: Cost-effective communication
New technology options make it possible to reduce office telephone expenses and still utilize services to operate a successful law practice.
A.T. Kippes