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Text Messaging and Trials: A Volatile Mix
Wireless technology has raised a new concern: Is text messaging being used to tamper with trials? That fear surfaced during a recent Michigan murder trial, when a judge heard that someone in the courtroom had used a cell phone to send a text message to a sequestered witness out in a hallway about testimony. "This is only the tip of the iceberg," said the prosecutor in the case, "and the sanctity of the courtroom could be tarnished as technological advances improve."District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: By: Robert W. , Esq. &
The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.NOONAN, Circuit Judge: Bank of China (the Bank) appeals the judgment of the district court reversing the summary j
Calif. Attorneys Meet Early and Settle Often
Linda Dardarian and Elaine Feingold are in the midst of a winning streak in disability access cases -- and so are their opponents. In eight years, the plaintiffs lawyers have settled more than two dozen disputes without filing suit or bringing in a mediator. Now, after targeting Fortune 500 companies to deliver public accommodations, the two have begun testing their settle-first strategy on public agencies. But the duo faces uncertainty as they take their negotiating tactic into uncharted waters.The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. In this matter, a companion to Kraus v. Trinity Management Services, Inc. (June 5, 2000, S064870) __ Cal.
Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 1628 LONG POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF LONG
FTC Orders More Disclosure in Consumer Testimonials, Celebrity Endorsements
The days of phony online reviews and bogus testimonials are officially over -- or at least the Federal Trade Commission hopes so. The FTC on Monday published its long-anticipated final guidelines laying out how companies can use consumer testimonials and celebrity endorsements to promote their products and services, both in the online and offline worlds. The guidelines had not been updated since 1980.The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. FISHER, Circuit Judge: Joan Amadeo filed this suit after Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company ("Principal" ) de
Firms Seek Big Names for Senior Advisers, Law Degrees Optional
They are often the biggest names at their law firms. Well-credentialed and well-connected, they are ideally situated to be rainmakers -- but J.D.s or not, they're not lawyers. Instead, they belong to the growing ranks of senior advisers, brought on to guide firms through non-legal intricacies of various markets and to provide access to prospective clients. And in the view of Covington & Burling's Stuart Eizenstat, it's the wave of the globalized future.ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, J.P. STEPHEN G. CRANE GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN THOMAS A. DICKERSON, JJ. Desiree Sargent, et al., appellants, v New York Daily News, L.P., et al., respondents.
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