Andrée Blumstein is a member of Sherrard & Roe. Her general business and civil practice emphasizes the substantive areas of health law, antitrust, transnational law, employment law, distribution law, and state and local tax law. Mrs. Blumstein is experienced in civil appellate litigation as well as contract negotiation and drafting. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, The Best Lawyers in Nashville 2003 and Nashville Business Journal’s 2004 and 2005 "Best of the Bar". If you're preparing to file or defend summary motions, you MUST be familiar with not only the basic principles set forth in Byrd v. Hall, but with the Supreme Court's recent decisions in Hannan v. Alltel Publishing Co. and Martin v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
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- How did Hannan and Martin change and/or clarify summary judgment procedure?
- How will Hannan and Martin work in practice?
- How does the moving party meet its initial burden of production and thereby shift the burden of production to the nonmoving party at the summary judgment stage?
- What things are NOT sufficient affirmatively to negate a claim or to show that the plaintiff cannot prove its claim?
- What are examples of things that are insufficient in particular types of cases? - What happens once the burden of production has been shifted?
- What does Byrd require?
- How can the nonmoving party produce evidence of specific facts establishing that there is a genuine issue of material fact?
- How does state procedure differ from federal procedure? - What should be considered in deciding whether to file a motion for summary judgment?
- State court v. federal court
- Reread cases you have cited in the past
- Discovery strategy
- Is it worth educating your opponent?
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