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Senate Can't Bar Disclosure of Legal Bills, Client Names
After already determining attorney-client privilege doesn't protect from disclosure of client identities or descriptions of legal services provided, the Commonwealth Court has now found that information can't be protected under the attorney work-product doctrine, grand jury secrecy rules or a criminal investigation exception.
Employee Theft of Documents And Other Misdeeds
Employee "self-help discovery," e.g., stealing confidential documents from work, is a dangerous proposition, even when the employee claims to be seeking evidence for a discrimination claim.
Photographs Admitted as Evidence Can Be Challenged in Negligence Suit
The Delaware Superior Court has ruled that photographs taken by a plaintiff's expert can be admitted as evidence in a negligence lawsuit against Delaware Park Casino. powder-Article-201401131909.jpg?profile=river-small)
'Molly' Must Have Value for Conviction, Judge Says
Eastern District Judge Jack Weinstein noted that trace amounts of drugs, such as cocaine, can be found on most paper currency in the United States, and that a felony conviction must be supported by more than "de minimis" amounts of a synthetic drug.
Court of Appeals to Determine Police Deception Limits
Since 1867, the Court of Appeals has embraced the proposition that cops can mislead, deceive and lie to secure a confession. But they face the issue again on Tuesday in era of heightened concern over wrongful convictions.
Fifth Circuit Shoots Down Statistics-Based Challenge to Arbitration
"The only saving grace about the decision is it's an unpublished decision," which does not have precedential value, said John Crouch, who represents a former employee who challenged a motion to compel arbitration. "There is that to be thankful for."
Proposed E-discovery Rules Move Forward
Opposing sides are closer to a consensus on proposed state legislation regulating e-discovery that will be taken up by the House Judiciary Committee this month, but sticking points remain, particularly on sanctions for spoliation of electronic documents.
With UIDDA, Pa. Joins Bandwagon to Simplify Third-Party Discovery
Pennsylvania has joined a growing number of states that have adopted the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. Promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission in 2007 and codified at 42 Pa. C.S. §§ 5331-37, the UIDDA establishes an efficient and inexpensive procedure for out-of-state attorneys attempting to serve subpoenas in Pennsylvania for discovery to be used in an action pending in another state.
Judge Bars, for Now, Testimony in Penn State Hearing
A judge on Tuesday directed prosecutors and lawyers for three former Penn State administrators to make their cases in writing as he weighs claims that the defendants' legal rights were so badly violated that charges they covered up child sex-abuse allegations should be thrown out.
Feds Defend New Manslaughter Case Against Blackwater Guards
Federal prosecutors in Washington today began defending the government's new case against four former Blackwater security guards charged in a 2007 shooting that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians dead.TRENDING STORIES
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