Practice Tip: Common-Law Indemnification
October 2012
Alan D. Kaplan, Marisa A. Leto
LJN's Prodcut Liability Law & Strategy
  This article provides an in-depth discussion of the concept of common-law indemnification, using New York State to illustrate how the law has evolved in that state, from the inception of contribution as an available remedy through the present day interpretation by the courts. Although this concept by definition derives from the "common law," practitioners should be aware that many states have their own peculiarities that must be identified at the outset of any litigation so that an appropriate strategy can be devised.

Ex-Parte Interviews of Former Employees: The Product Memo That Never Goes Away
December 2010
Alan D. Kaplan, Richard Y. Im
LJN's Product Liability
Alan Kaplan and Richard Im co-authored the article "Ex-Parte Interviews of Former Employees: The Product Memo that Never Goes Away" which discusses the issues associated with ex-parte interviews of a company's former employee.

Will Metal Bats Make a Hit?  Product Liability and Legislation of Baseball
April 2008
Alan D. Kaplan, LisaMarie F. Collins
LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy
Alan Kaplan and LisaMarie Collins co-author "Product Liability and the Legislation of Baseball" for LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy.

Beware of Judicial Exceptions to Federal Rule of Evidence 407
June 2005
Alan D. Kaplan, Christopher Greeley
LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy, Volume 23, Number 12
Alan Kaplan and Christopher Greeley co-author this article on Federal Rule of Evidence 407.

Product Liability in the Face of Negative Publicity:  Getting the Jury to Focus
March 2002
Alan D. Kaplan
LJN's Product Liability Law and Strategy
Alan Kaplan authors this article on trial tactics in product liability cases.

Is Dismissal an Available Sanction for Thwarting a Causation Defense?
December 1999
Alan D. Kaplan
International Association of Defense Counsel
Alan Kaplan authors an article on spoliation of evidence and the types of sanctions courts hand out to parties who spoliated evidence.