In This Issue

Did You Know?

You don't need a jury consultant to get an up-to-date, representative sample of potential jurors for a mock trial or focus group.  Just send a legal assistant to the courthouse to pick up the list of last month's jury venire.

We're Moving. 

But we won't go far.  Starting October 17, 2005, the Dallas office of Susman Godfrey L.L.P. climbs ten floors to Suite 5100 in the Bank of America Plaza.  The move will accommodate growth over the next decade.

Hot Lunch

Lawsuits that accuse companies of shorting employees on pay and benefits have become common in the last few years.  A famous early example pitted "temporary" workers against Microsoft.  The workers claimed that Microsoft improperly excluded them from its employee stock purchase program.

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Welcome Back

Welcome to the third issue of Notes on Complex Commercial Litigation.  Our aim once again is to help people who participate in complex commercial litigation play their roles more successfully by offering them a monthly selection of news, tips, and resources. Please contact me at bbarnett@susmangodfrey.com with any questions or comments.

Barry Barnett, Editor

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Techniques for Expediting and Streamlining Commercial Litigation

In the first two issues, we took an overview of ways to overcome resistance to efficiency in complex commercial litigation and explored the authority of judges to enforce, and the importance of fee arrangements to achieve, cost-effectiveness in CCL.  This month, we look at expediting and streamlining CCL by avoiding waste in trial team procedures.  Click here for excerpts from the forthcoming Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (2d ed. Robert L. Haig, editor). 

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What the Heck Is Complex Commercial Litigation Anyway?

Design by Stephen Granade.  Used with permission.

Many of you may wonder if your lawsuit counts as complex litigation.  You may even doubt that it qualifies as commercial.  Here is a guide.

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