Tyler

January 27, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Johnson M. Tyler, director of the Social Security/Consumer Rights Unit at South Brooklyn Legal Services, writes that exemption laws protect Social Security and other subsistence and retirement payments from creditors. They ensure that a disabled, elderly or impoverished person can eat, buy medicine and remain housed. But in the last six years, he says, exemption laws have routinely been skirted by debt-collection law firms exploiting unforeseen weaknesses in electronic banking.

By Johnson M. Tyler

19 minute read

August 05, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

A recent decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, United States v. Stringer, gives government lawyers, and prosecutors in particular, significant latitude to conceal the existence of a criminal investigation from individuals and companies who are already embroiled in civil proceedings with the government. In the wake of Stringer, there exists a fine distinction between what government lawyers are allowed to do and say in conducting parallel civil and criminal government investigations, and what may constitute bad faith and deceit that infringes on a criminal targetís constitutional rights.

By Matthew D. Lee And Tyler Brody

10 minute read

September 20, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

A growing breed of patent litigators is sailing the seas of Texas federal courts. Sometimes called patent pirates, they're in search of easy money, and they're coming to a courtroom near you.

By M. Craig Tyler

8 minute read

August 22, 2003 | Law.com

A sharply divided California Supreme Court recently held that Intel could not, on a trespass-to-chattels theory, prevent a former employee from sending unsolicited e-mails via Intel's e-mail system criticizing the company. However, Intel Corp. v. Hamidi is not the invitation to chaos that many imagine because it does not foreclose employers from protecting employees and computer systems from similar e-mail barrages.

By Tyler M. Paetkau and Ronald J. Cooke

4 minute read

September 15, 2000 | Law.com

Let's face it: There has never been a better time to be a new associate. Salaries are up; the economy is booming. But these are not the only reasons that life as a new associate is so good. It's the little things, the hidden perks you don't see as a summer associate, that make being an associate worth it.

By Tyler Murray

6 minute read

July 13, 2011 | The Recorder

Sedgwick's Alex Potente and Tyler C. Gerking of Farella debate whether after-acquired knowledge should be admitted in insurer's defense.

By Alex Potente and Tyler C. Gerking

6 minute read

February 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

A number of conflicting decisions by bankruptcy courts during the past two months has stoked the fight over how much debt or equityholders who band together as an unofficial or "ad hoc" group in a Chapter 11 case must disclose about their investments in order to act as a group.

By D. Tyler Nurnberg and Matthew Micheli

8 minute read

October 08, 2003 | Law.com

In a decision pitting Intel Corp.'s proprietary interest in its computer systems against a former employee's free speech rights, a sharply divided California Supreme Court recently held that Intel could not prevent a former employee from sending unsolicited e-mails criticizing Intel's employment practices to some 35,000 employees via Intel's e-mail system. Despite the negative reaction around the nation, Intel Corp. v. Hamidi, is not the invitation to chaos that many imagine.

By Tyler M. Paetkau and Ronald J. Cooke

4 minute read

September 17, 2001 | Law.com

Congratulations! You've finished law school, completed the bar exam, and are now a hard-working attorney. It's time to focus on your increased workload and those dreaded billable-hour requirements. But don't forget the other most important element: networking. If you start now, using these simple tips, you'll soon be at ease with networking and can begin establishing relationships that will lead to your future success.

By Tyler A. Ridgeway

5 minute read