The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | April 19, 2021
The intermediate appeals court's decision, which upheld a $2.5 million verdict, also differs from some federal district courts that have allowed such evidence.
By Jonathan Ringel | April 15, 2021
Georgia's appellate courts are wrestling with two multimillion-dollar cases that concern trial tactics around sensitive topics that one side—and a judge—believe could unfairly influence a jury.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | April 11, 2021
We agree it is essential for a court to assure the scientific reliability of DNA evidence and to permit defendant the right to contest its reliability in a meaningful way.
By Tom McParland | April 9, 2021
The decision came just one day before U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon is set to officially step down as chief judge and assume senior status on the Manhattan federal court.
By Tom McParland | April 8, 2021
A gamble—to share the core of their client's defense with the U.S. Attorney's Office—resulted in a nolle pros letter in an accounting fraud case defended by a team of Wilmer and Cleary Gottlieb lawyers.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | April 8, 2021
With the chief justice not taking part, the remaining justices split 3-3 on the substantive question of whether attorney-client privilege should apply to fiduciaries and allow a trustee who racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to heavily redact those records.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By John Byrne | April 8, 2021
Of all the Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 404(b) may well be the most cited. Any lawyer who practices federal criminal law is very familiar with the rule. On Dec. 1, 2020, the Supreme Court adopted an amendment to Rule 404(b).
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David M. Barshay and Steven J. Neuwirth | April 7, 2021
In this edition of their No-Fault Insurance Law Wrap-Up, David M. Barshay and Steven J. Neuwirth provide an update on a prior split between the Appellate Terms in the First and Second Departments concerning exhaustion of the policy limits, and discuss decisions involving conflicts of law and discoverability of a special investigative unit (SIU) file, respectively.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal | April 5, 2021
As text and app messaging and online communication platforms such as Slack continue to supplement—and supplant—email communications in the workplace, parties and courts need to consider these technologies' impact on document preservation and production obligations. A recent decision provides clues on how courts may treat such electronically stored information. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss the case in this edition of their Federal E-Discovery column.
By Ryan Tarinelli | April 5, 2021
It argues that Rochester's police department has a decades-long history of racist and inhumane use-of-force practices.
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