By Louis Locascio | July 17, 2017
On June 9, the Appellate Division held that a defendant who pleads the Fifth Amendment at his retrial, and thereby exercises his right to remain silent, cannot offer into evidence his testimony given during his first trial.
By John C. Amabile, A. Todd Sprinkle and Micheal L. Binns, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein | July 14, 2017
Lawyers analyze the Supreme Court's abortion decision and seek lessons for business.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
PCRA time-bar could not be equitably tolled, and appellant failed to establish governmental interference by failing to allege correctional officials violated his constitutional rights, and in failing to timely assert the alleged interference. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Commonwealth court properly held that the general assembly improperly delegated its powers and violated Art. II, §1 when it directed IRE physicians to use the "most recent edition" of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment in determining a claimant's ratings impairment but court erred in remanding the case because §306(a.2) was unconstitutional in its entirety. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
By Josefa Velasquez | July 13, 2017
The First Department ruled Thursday that Reorg Research, a specialty publisher with a narrow audience and tech-driven business model, is covered by New York's Shield Law, overturning the trial court.
By ROBERT STORACE | July 13, 2017
When noted Texas attorney Austin Tighe was sought to represent the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation in the tribe's $610 million lawsuit against Connecticut, he said he jumped at the opportunity.
By Marcia Coyle | July 12, 2017
Ropes & Gray's Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, who argued the historic gay marriage challenge in the Supreme Court, doesn't buy the fears that any successor to Justice Anthony Kennedy will jeopardize the "Obergefell" decision. "We now have hundreds of thousands of individuals acting in reliance on 'Obergefell.' And society has moved forward," he says. The SCB recently caught up with Hallward-Driemeier to talk about his work in this area of the law.
By B. Colby Hamilton | July 12, 2017
The plaintiffs claim the move violates the First Amendment, as the president's Twitter account, they allege, represents a public forum.
By Dara Kam | July 11, 2017
In a move that could affect thousands of Florida inmates, attorneys representing disabled prisoners and the Department of Corrections have settled a lawsuit accusing the state of discriminating against prisoners who are deaf, blind or confined to wheelchairs.
By B. Colby Hamilton | July 11, 2017
A group of Twitter users blocked by President Donald Trump are suing after a request to be unblocked on First Amendment grounds went unheeded.
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