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Business travel costs get pushed higher
Business travel expenses could increase significantly next year, driven higher by increases in air fares, hotel rates and car rents.Burn Victim Settles Claims Against Zinc Plant Operator
An Allentown man who suffered burns over 63 percent of his body in an industrial accident at a zinc plant will be paid $16.5 million in a settlement that plaintiffs lawyers say is the largest ever reported for a Lehigh County personal injury case.Liability of Public Utilities in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy
Marc Miner, a member of Zalman Schnurman & Miner, writes that current New York law on liability of a public utility was clarified following the 1977 New York city-wide blackout caused by two lightning strikes hitting Con Ed equipment. In a case following that blackout, the Court of Appeals held that liability must be limited to damages arising from the utility's willful misconduct or gross negligence.DOJ Issues Criminal Discovery Guidance: What Will It Mean?
David Frankel and Eric Tirschwell, are partners at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, say that they see no persuasive reason why agent reports as well as agent notes and prosecutor notes (or some other prosecutorial summary) relating to witness interviews and prep sessions should not all be disclosed (allowing for any necessary redactions for core work product), and urge the local U.S. Attorneys to formalize such a policy.Kelley Uustal Attorneys Win $38.5 Million Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict
Kristin Bianculli, Robert W. Kelley and Bonnie Navin of Kelley Uustal helped win a $38.5 million jury verdict for the guardian of an accountant who fell into a coma while under anesthesia.Why the D.A. Had to Drop the DSK Case
Mitra Hormozi, who was most recently chair of the New York State Public Integrity Commission and has served as deputy chief of staff in the New York Attorney General's Office and as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District, writes: While some jurisdictions permit a prosecutor to go forward when he or she is not convinced of the guilt of a defendant (so long as there is probable cause to support the case), that has not been the standard relied on by New York City's state and federal prosecutors. Nor should it be.Questions Seeking Resolution in 'Viacom v. YouTube' Remand
In their Copyright Law column, Robert J. Bernstein.who practices in The Law Office of Robert J. Bernstein, and Robert W. Clarida, a partner at Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt, write that the crux of the dispute concerns whether YouTube qualifies for the safe harbor provision set forth in �512 (c) of the DMCA, 17 U.S.C. �512(c), which requires that an ISP have neither actual nor constructive knowledge of the infringing activity nor the right and ability to control it.Analyzing Claims Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
In their Privacy Matters column, Richard Raysman, a partner at Holland & Knight and Peter Brown, a partner at Baker & Hostetler, discuss "unauthorized access" under the CFAA as it relates to employees who abuse computer access privileges and misuse company information, as well as the use of novel CFAA theories to seek redress from the transmission of unwanted data to mobile phones and communication systems.Trending Stories
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