Blog Posts: Litigation

This may not be a book my new grandson Felix will soon be reading, but it does raise a legitimate question:When you really, truly, believe a federal appeal is frivolous, and not just garden variety, I know you’re going to lose, please don’t make me spend my client’s money defending, but truly a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad appeal, can you...

Many part-owners of a business are not aware that, as shareholder of an Arizona corporation, they gain the right to seek to dissolve the corporation under certain circumstances, but at the same time subject themselves to mandatory buyout procedures which do not apply to other types of business organizations. Judicially Dissolving an AZ Corporation Under the Arizon...

Video Transcripton: Can you appeal a bankruptcy? You can appeal an order from bankruptcy court just like you can appeal an order from a civil court. There are certainly some important differences. The main difference is the very short time period for appeal. What can I appeal in a bankruptcy? The kinds of things that are appealed from a bankruptcy court will typic...

If you find yourself involved in a lawsuit, either as a party plaintiff, defendant or as a material witness, it very likely that at some point during the course of the case, you will be asked to submit to a deposition.  Being told that your deposition has been scheduled may elicit the same reaction as your dentist telling you that you need a root canal, or th...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Nov.6, 2014) -  Arizona business law firm Jaburg & Wilk's appellate attorney Kathi Sandweiss will be presenting at the State Bar of Arizona's annual 'Working with the Court of Appeals" (WCCA), a CLE taking place on Friday, November 14th at the Hotel Palomar in Phoenix, Arizona from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sandweiss is presenting the f...

You and a friend, family member, or even a spouse, decided to go into business together.  At first, things were great because of the possibilities and the excitement that new challenges bring.  You may have formed a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership or even operated as a sole proprietorship.  If there are only two of you, you mi...

How Might an Amicus Curiae Brief Assist my Organization and its Members? When you think about it, an amicus brief - "friend of the court" is a quite agreeable concept.  As a non-party to the case, with no direct interest in the outcome, you can explain to the court - as a friend, not a litigant - why its ultimate decision has larger ramifications.  Last March, 21...

An appeal is a request for a higher court to review a lower court's decision. An appeals lawyer handles cases on appeal when a party loses or is unhappy with some part of the decision made by the lower court. The appeals court reviews the record made in the trial court. Nothing new can be added to the record; this is not the time to add new facts or evidence. The a...