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September 01, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Recently Enacted New York Adult Survivors Act Presents Costly Perils for Policyholders and Their Insurers

The ASA opens the window to file suit for all survivors who were 18 or older at the time of abuse. The ASA will thus impact any entity that regularly engaged with adults in any capacity.
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December 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

'The Form of the Question': A Must-Read for Litigators

Once you read 'The Form of the Question', your eyes will be opened to the many possible objections you may have missed in the past, or failed to preserve for appeal.
10 minute read
May 31, 2017 |

Trump Wouldn't Be the First President Asked to Testify in Congress

If the congressional committees investigating alleged Russian meddling of the 2016 presidential campaign eventually want to hear from President Donald Trump himself, don't count on a subpoena working its magic.
16 minute read
April 03, 2017 |

Ineligible Expert Insufficient to Justify Continuance, Court Rules

A legal malpractice plaintiff is not entitled to a continuance to seek an expert to testify despite learning shortly before a scheduled trial that his intended expert was ineligible, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
7 minute read
August 17, 2016 |

New Trend in Internal Investigations Is Less Writing, More Speaking

When Baylor University decided to ask for an oral rather than written report on its recent internal probe of sexual assault by football players on campus, some eyebrows were raised.
15 minute read
August 12, 2016 |

Freeh Firm's Communications With PSU Discoverable in Paterno Case

Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan's communications with members of Penn State University and its lawyers during the firm's investigation of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal are not privileged, a Centre County trial judge has ruled in the suit brought by the family of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno against the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
12 minute read
March 22, 2016 |

Third Circuit Remands $310K E-Discovery Bill

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has sent back to district court a $310,000 bill for discovery costs that University of Pittsburgh Medical Center lodged against a class of employees whose class certification was later decertified.
8 minute read
July 17, 2015 |

Court Denies 'Implicit Bias' Expert Testimony

A federal judge in Pittsburgh has barred an expert's testimony on "implicit bias" in an age discrimination case.
4 minute read
April 07, 2015 |

Judge Gets Common Interest Privilege Spot-On!

C. Evan Stewart writes: While judges often make rulings on the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine that are wide of the mark, every so often they get one spot-on. Happily, the First Department (per Judge Karla Moskowitz), recently did just that in reversing a trial court order that held that documents relating to a merger were not protected by the "common interest" privilege.
8 minute read
March 06, 2015 |

PSU Administrators' Prosecutions on Hold

The prosecution of three former Penn State administrators for allegedly covering up the crimes of convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky will remain on hold pending the appeals of a ruling from January denying the defendants' bid to drop the case.
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