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Hollywood litigator Fields ducks Pellicano net
Like many of his clients, Bertram Fields has become tabloid fodder: Magazines, TV and newspapers point out nearly every week that the Hollywood litigator is a key target in the ongoing probe of notorious private eye Anthony Pellicano. Yet the frequent Pellicano client has remained beyond prosecutors' grasp despite his long and well-publicized relationship with the detective.What's Discussed Here, Stays Here
Jennifer Kennedy Park, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Matthew M. Bunda and Aaron Krieger, associates with the firm, write: When does friendship become a source of securities fraud liability? According to a recent decision in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, it happens when two friends who met through Alcoholics Anonymous talk about work and one of them trades on information learned in those conversations.High Court Protects Internet Trash Talk
Jonathan Ringel [email protected] Richmond [email protected] critical issues as to how defamation law will be applied to the Internet, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against a waste management executive called a "thief" and "crook" on a Yahoo message board.The messages were posted by Crisp County hog farmer Bruce Mathis, who also told Yahoo readers that the executive, Thomas C.View more book results for the query "Federal Communications Commission"
Torture, Pornography and Due Process
The tragedy of Sept. 11 should never be forgotten. However, we may not remember or no longer consider justified the steps that were immediately taken in the months that followed so as to strengthen security at the cost of some of our previously enjoyed freedoms.States look to cash in on online lottery sales
Buying a lottery ticket may soon be no more difficult than clicking a computer mouse, and U.S. states grappling with budget deficits are seeking to cash in. From California to New York, lotteries that already account for $56 billion in annual sales are considering expanding to the Internet after the U.S. Justice Department ruled that it's legal to sell tickets on the Web to local residents.Judge Blocks First Party, UIM Benefits After Broker Changes Policy
A Southeastern Pennsylvania business owner and his family may not collect first party and underinsured motorist benefits from their insurer, a Montgomery County judge has ruled, after a broker changed their underlying insurance policy from "individual" to "corporate," accidentally barring such coverage for a family.Commonality of Technology as a Defense
In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, discusses how rapidly evolving technologies may be prosecuted and litigated under rapidly obsolescent penal laws, and how omnipresence would be the safest defense in such cases.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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