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Court Mulls Confidentiality of Employees' Attorney-Client Communications at Work
In a case that will directly impact how people in New Jersey communicate with their lawyers while at work, the state Supreme Court is considering whether e-mails sent through an employer's system — but via the employee's personal, Web-based, password-protected account — are protected by the attorney-client privilege.Online stings by feds succeed where states fail
The Justice Department says it�s doing all it can to protect children online. Justin Berry and some congressional representatives don�t see it that way.
Revocation of Tax Election by Non-Debtor Declared Void
In their Taxation column, Elliot Pisem and David E. Kahen, members of Roberts & Holland, write that the interplay between the Internal Revenue Code and the "Bankruptcy Code" was recently addressed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in a case involving special tax rules applicable to "S corporations" and "qualified subchapter S subsidiaries."
Capital Sources: Many community banks add staff to rebuild revenue
A Daily Business Review survey shows 37 South Florida community banks are hiring, 15 lowered head counts and 14 kept the same number of employees. And average salaries are increasing.Judge Jerry Smith's order undercuts judicial authority it defends
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sent a disturbing message about judicial decorum in response to a statement President Barack Obama made in remarks about the Supreme Court's pending decision on health care reform.Phila. Lawyers Win $14 Million For Man Wrongfully Jailed 18 Years
After 15 years of representation for their client who was convicted of murder, sentenced to death, incarcerated for 18 years and eventually acquitted of all wrongdoing, two Morgan Lewis & Bockius attorneys have won him some vindication.Lawyer-Discipline Investigative Files Not Open to Public, Judge Rules
Investigative files relating to lawyer discipline are protected by New Jersey court rule, and the court's interest in confidentiality outweighs the common-law right of public access, a New Jersey court has ruled. The court found that such files are privileged, and the plaintiff had not shown any particularized need to defeat that privilege. The plaintiff, the head of a public interest group that monitors attorney discipline, had sought access to a state agency file on a solo who was disbarred by consent.
Amendments to Pa. Law Change Self-Defense Landscape
On June 28, Gov. Tom Corbett signed into law Pennsylvania's first legislative reform to the law of self-defense since 18 Pa. C.S.A. § 505 was enacted in 1972. House Bill 20 of the 2011 session, which became effective Aug. 27, modified 18 Pa. C.S.A. § 505, which, for more than 35 years, was the codification of common-law self-defense.Settlement Reached After Tractor-Trailer Accident
A cheese company has agreed to pay a $26.1 million settlement in a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas case involving a car accident in Central Pennsylvania that resulted in the death of one person and life-changing injuries to another.Trending Stories
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