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ABA Delegates OK Changes in Confidentiality
By a slim 17-vote margin, the American Bar Association's House of Delegates on Monday changed model rules governing the attorney-client privilege in the hopes of combating corporate fraud. The proposal, drawn up in the aftermath of Enron, WorldCom and other corporate scandals, allows lawyers to breach the duty of confidentiality if a client uses the lawyer's advice to commit a crime or fraud.Java Vulnerability Puts Law Firms On Alert
The burgeoning awareness surrounding Java's flaws may change the way law firms regard patching and online security.ABA Delegates OK Changes in Confidentiality
By a slim 17-vote margin, the American Bar Association's House of Delegates on Monday changed model rules governing the attorney-client privilege in the hopes of combating corporate fraud. The proposal allows lawyers to breach the duty of confidentiality if a client uses the lawyer's advice to commit a crime or fraud. The rules were drawn up in the aftermath of the Enron, WorldCom and other corporate scandals that shook the nation's financial markets.View more book results for the query "New York University"
War Crimes Prosecutor Takes Careful Aim at Milosevic
Last week's indictment against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and his deputies bears the mark of Louise Arbour, a skilled and cautious prosecutor. Arbour opted for charges that are straightforward to prove -- three crimes against humanity and one violation of the laws or customs of war -- and avoided the temptation to pile on more sensational charges, like genocide, that would have been problematic in court. But many obstacles remain before Milosevic can be brought to trial.On Tuesday the Federal Circuit affirmed Facebook's 2010 victory over a voluble patent plaintiff and his lawyers at King & Spalding in the social networking giant's first-ever trial. The plaintiff, who claims his patent covers pretty much "everything you do on Facebook," isn't happy.
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