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Inadvertent Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
In his Evidence column, Michael J. Hutter, a professor at Albany Law School, discusses whether an inadvertent disclosure as distinct from an intentional and voluntary disclosure effects a waiver of the privilege with respect to the disclosed matter.Court Upholds Sanction for Lawyer's Use of Racially Charged Word
A federal judge did not abuse her discretion when she reprimanded a Dallas lawyer for failing to remove a racially charged word from a brief, the 5th Circuit has found.Battle along North Druid Hills
Stretching about six miles across central DeKalb County, North Druid Hills Road is a mlange of suburban development. A school sits across the road from a Target. Churches are neighbors to strip malls. Driveways turn into office parks, apartment complexes, Starbucks, McDonald's, Kroger and QuikTrip.Traffic on the four-lane street, according to the community's residents and business owners, has been pushed to the limit.The year in quotes: Predictions for the high court
Experts speculate about how the justices will rule on major cases in the new year.NLRB Update: Union Dues and Employer Work Rules
In their Labor Relations column, John P. Furfaro and Risa M. Salins of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom review recent decision involving whether a collective bargaining agreement provision authorizing an employer to deduct union dues directly from an employee's paycheck survives the expiration of the agreement, employer confidentiality rules prohibiting employees from discussing salary information, and rights of nonmember dues objectors.2nd Circuit Clarifies Predominance Class Element
The 2nd Circuit has announced new law concerning the predominance requirement of class certification. Reversing the denial of class certification in cases challenging the strip search of inmates in Nassau County, N.Y., the court said a judge may certify a class as to a specific issue under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(c)(4)(A) where "the entire claim" does not satisfy the requirement that a common issue predominates.'Wardrobe Malfunction' Case Heading Back to 3rd Circuit
The court battle over the hefty fines imposed for Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl is ready to come back to court.Why Talk of Rehnquist Spring Exit Makes Sense
Tony [email protected] Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's law clerks held their annual reunion a few months back, nearly all of his former clerks attended-an unusually high turnout.But does that mean it was a farewell reunion, the last one before he fulfills the prediction of pundits by retiring next springNot so fast, said clerks who were on hand.How Pepsi opened door to diversity in the 1940s
The rivalry between Pepsi and Coke, which started in the 1940s, is legendary in business. Less known is that a more important battle was being fought on the front lines of the cola wars at the same time: the struggle of African-Americans to gain access to professional jobs in major corporations.Walter S. Mack, the astute president of the underdog Pepsi-Cola Co.Wal-Mart janitors try again to bring class action suit over wages, hours
Just months after a federal judge decertified a class action suit charging retail giant Wal-Mart with complicity in janitorial contractors' abuses of illegal aliens, a second attempt has been filed, one that looks suspiciously like the first.Trending Stories
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