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By Charles Toutant | February 17, 2023
But the need for special master Joseph Lisa to re-do his report under the revised standard means the Supreme Court is unlikely to come up with a ruling in "Olenowski" until the fall, said defense attorney Evan Levow.
7 minute read
By Riley Brennan | February 17, 2023
"After the November 2018 inspection, defense counsel did not take any steps to set a second inspection date to download the Kia's EDR nor did they communicate a further interest to inspect the Kia before its destruction, which occurred in April 2019," said U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon of the Western District of Virginia.
5 minute read
By Riley Brennan | February 17, 2023
A federal judge in Pennsylvania shot down a plaintiff's motor vehicle accident case after he was caught lying under oath and presenting falsified documents.
3 minute read
By Rubin M. Sinins | February 16, 2023
No available New Jersey decision analyzes geofence warrants. 'U.S. v. Rhine', a decision issued two weeks ago by the federal district court for the District of Columbia, denying a January 6 defendant's motion to suppress geofence evidence, notes the limited number of federal authorities that have considered geofence warrants.
5 minute read
By Mason Lawlor | February 9, 2023
"Here, the BOLO for an aggressive driver in a gray passenger vehicle traveling on Mulberry Rock Road with an orange out-of-state tag was, without more information, too generalized to warrant a traffic stop because '[t]his description would cover a staggering number of vehicles and drivers in the State of Georgia' and cannot create a reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle,"' Court of Appeals Judge Ben Land wrote.
4 minute read
By Riley Brennan | February 8, 2023
The Kansas Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that a sheriff's deputy did violate a man's Fourth Amendment rights by attempting a public safety stop that turned into an arrest, drawing a strong dissent that argued "the state failed to present objective, specific, and articulable facts" showing the stop had been lawful.
5 minute read
By Riley Brennan | February 8, 2023
"This decision is important—not just for this case—but because it establishes that failure to produce discovery can go far beyond a slap on the wrist," said plaintiffs counsel Gary Gilbert of Gilbert Employment Law in of Silver Spring, Maryland. "It should serve as a warning to defendants that they exercise diligence in providing discovery."
4 minute read
By H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal | February 6, 2023
Since the adoption of Rule 37(e), even while interpretations of the rule have varied, federal courts across the country have consistently used it as the basis for their ESI spoliation and sanctions analyses. Not so, however, in a recent case from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
8 minute read
By Michael J. Hutter | February 1, 2023
Due to the importance of the privilege, keeping abreast of judicial decisions construing these elements, waiver rules and exceptions is a must for New York attorneys. Last year there were several notable privilege decisions discussing these elements which prompts this column.
12 minute read
By Emily Saul | January 31, 2023
Defense attorney Howard Tanner on Tuesday made a motion to dismiss the charges against his client Joseph Franco, claiming that prosecutors with the Manhattan DA's Office had failed on three separate occasions to turn over evidence.
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