The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leonard Deutchman | November 1, 2018
In Fox v. Smith, No. 1438, February term 2018 (C.P. Philadelphia, Aug. 30), Judge Arnold L. New held that, under current caselaw, a cause of action for defamation, false light and conspiracy could have proper venue in Philadelphia County because: the plaintiff, a Democrat, was running for mayor in Chester Heights, Delaware County, in the November 2017 election.
By Zack Needles | November 1, 2018
A Pennsylvania estate lawyer unsuccessfully tried to avoid a subpoena seeking an ex-client's file for use in a dispute over a contested will in Florida.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | November 1, 2018
The Superior Court has ruled that a Pennsylvania estate lawyer cannot assert attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine to quash a subpoena seeking her ex-client's entire file for use in a Florida will contest action.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Sharon M. Porcellio | October 25, 2018
In her Western District Roundup, Sharon M. Porcellio writes: Throughout these opinions, practitioners can glean several “takeaways” for guidance in the discovery process in general and before filing motions concerning allegedly deficient responses. While recognizing every case is fact specific, the facts in these cases illustrate some takeaways that are helpful to both well-seasoned and newly-minted attorneys alike.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leonard Deutchman | October 25, 2018
The court is to be lauded both in its criticism of existing precedent and in its recognition of its role in inviting the appellate courts to rewrite that precedent rather than doing so itself. In the first part of this column, I shall discuss why the court is right on both counts.
By Philip Favro, Driven | October 24, 2018
A recent opinion from U.S. Magistrate Judge Katharine Parker in Winfield v. City of New York rebuffs some of the recent misguided attempts to dilute FRE Rule 502(d)'s provisions.
By Zach Warren | October 22, 2018
At Exterro's inFusion conference, three federal judges explained that the average lawyer has a lot of room for e-discovery improvement, even with seemingly simple tasks like being specific and knowing the court.
By Bobbi Basile, HBR Consulting | October 22, 2018
Real savings and intelligence into spend throughout the e-discovery lifecycle cannot happen without a holistic change.
By Charles Toutant | October 19, 2018
The Port Authority wants a stay on discovery in a civil suit over Bridgegate lane closures until the Third Circuit rules in the parallel criminal appeal of William Baroni Jr., a former Port Authority official.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang and Kandis L. Kovalsky | October 18, 2018
Today, there are close to 3,000 emojis in the Unicode Standard. As such, people can communicate a lot more through emojis, if they choose. And, the data shows this is what people are choosing.
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