ASCDC

May 14, 2026 Edward L. Xanders (“Ted”), David E. Hackett, Stefan C. Love

From Opening Session to President’s Award: GMSR at the 2026 ASCDC Annual Seminar

GMSR partners David Hackett and Stefan Love kicked off this year’s ASCDC Annual Seminar with the highly anticipated Year in Review, covering the most important California and federal appellate decisions of interest to the civil defense bar. The next day, partner Ted Xanders joined a

Mar 21, 2025 David E. Hackett, Jeffrey Gurrola

Please Join Us At ASCDC’s 64th Annual Seminar

GMSR is honored to sponsor the 64th Annual ASCDC Seminar and invites you to attend the event’s must-see presentation: “Year in Review.” Please join David E. Hackett and Jeff Gurrola on Thursday, March 27, at 8:00 AM as they break down the past year’s most

Feb 02, 2024 David E. Hackett, Stefan C. Love

GMSR’s David Hackett and Stefan Love will present the “2023 Year In Review” at ASCDC’s 63rd Annual Seminar

GMSR is pleased to be a Gold sponsor of the 2024 Association of Southern California Defense Counsel Annual Seminar. We hope you’ll join GMSR’s David Hackett and Stefan Love as they present the “2023 Year in Review,” highlighting the past year’s most significant California and

May 02, 2023 Laura Lim Civil Procedure

VERDICT Magazine, Backdoor Attorney Fees: Costs-of-Proof Awards

Code of Civil Procedure section 2033.420, allows the requesting party to recover its costs of proof—including potentially substantial attorney fees—when the other side unreasonably denies requests for admissions and the requesting party proves the truth of those matters at trial. In the latest issue of

Jan 24, 2023

Bob Olson and David Hackett will review the past year of appellate decisions impacting civil defense and insurance claims on February 9, 2023

Please join Greines, Martin, Stein and Richland partners Bob Olson and David Hackett at the J.W. Marriott L.A. Live for the 62nd Annual Seminar of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. In their “Year in Review” presentation, they will discuss new California and federal

Jun 05, 2017 Alana H. Rotter

Alana Rotter offers tips on what defense lawyers need to know about anti-SLAPP appeals

Anti-SLAPP motions are a popular way to nip lawsuits in the bud, both in state court and in federal court cases that involve state law claims. But different rules govern the appealability of anti-SLAPP rulings in state and federal court, and the federal rules are

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