Editorial Policy

• Date: 01 April 2024

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THE BRIEF Editorial Policy

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PUBLISHED IN THE BRIEF, VOLUME 53, NUMBER 3, SPRING 2024. © 2024 BY THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. REPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS INFORMATION OR ANY PORTION THEREOF MAY

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The Brief is the American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) magazine for lawyers practicing tort

and insurance law. It is published quarterly by ABA Publishing for the Tort Trial and Insur-

ance Practice Section (TIPS) of the ABA.TIPS brings together plaintis’ attorneys, defense

attorneys, and insurance and corporate counsel for the exchange of information and ideas.

The Brief facilitates these goals by exploring all aspects of tort and insurance law, including

the many facets of trial practice essential to our profession.

As tort and insurance lawyers, we have an obligation to understand and improve all

aspects of our liability and adversary systems. Increasing concerns about their ecacy and

validity challenge us to respond.We must evaluate and improve these processes in order to

provide all who deal with our legal system an eective means of resolving their problems.

Through publication of articles relating to important developments in tort and

insurance law and practice,The Brief seeks to enhance the quality of law delivered by its

readers as well as to stimulate thought, discussion, and action to improve the basic tort and

insurance systems that are at the heart of our way of law.

The ideas expressed in The Brief’s articles do not necessarily reect the ocial policy of

TIPS or the ABA and should not be so construed.The editorial board encourages expres-

sion of the considered opinions of our contributors, some of which are controversial and

will not necessarily meet with agreement from all of our readers. We do, however, strive for

balance and always attempt to cover all sides of an issue or provide the opportunity for a

timely response.

We seek to publish articles that are lively, insightful, and pertinent to our readers.We

encourage the submission of original manuscripts, outlines for proposed articles, sugges-

tions and comments on developments in tort and insurance law, and other material of

interest to both plaintis’ and defense lawyers who practice and litigate in the areas of tort

and insurance law and to insurance professionals.We also publish “Practice Tips” and “Trial

Tips,” which give practical, how-to advice on practice and litigation matters.

A complete manuscript (or an outline of a proposed article) should be forwarded to the

editor in chief, with a copy to the managing editor at ABA Publishing. Members of The

Brief’s editorial board review suitable proposals. If a manuscript is accepted for publication,

it will be edited by ABA Publishing. Please send manuscripts to Peter J. Biging,Editor

in Chief, pbiging@goldbergsegalla.com; and to Melissa Vasich, Managing Editor, melissa.

vasich@americanbar.org.

We encourage and welcome your submissions and ideas.Z

Peter J. Biging

Editor in Chief

Christine S. Davis

Brooks R. Magratten

Richard W. Moreeld Jr.

Perrin Rynders

Todd B. Seelig

Catherine T. Surbeck

Jeffrey E. Thomas

Timothy M. Thornton Jr.

Samuel W. Wardle

Dale Michael Weppner

Agnes Wilewicz