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March 15, 2012 | Legaltech News

Juror Held in Contempt for Internet Research Leading to Mistrial

In the first known New Jersey example of a juror punished for conducting internet research about a case, a judge imposed a $500 content sanction against a jury foreman.
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October 11, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Surrogate's Court: A Tutorial in Jurisdiction

In her Trusts and Estates Update, Farrell Fritz partner Ilene Sherwyn Cooper writes that for the past 30 years, the Surrogate's Court has found little need to opine on the subject of its jurisdiction. Nevertheless, within the past several months, both that court and the Appellate Division have confronted the issue with respect to attorney fees, foreclosure proceedings and Totten trust accounts. The divergent views of the bench on this subject are instructive.
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May 03, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Judge Orders Defense Lawyer to Turn Over Videotape for Grand Jury Proceedings

Supreme Court Justice Colleen Duffy, sitting in the Bronx, ordered attorney "M.B" to supply the video, holding that the prosecution's subpoena in the midst of a pending grand jury investigation was not barred by the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
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November 20, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

One-Month Ban on Contacting Accident Victims Would Hurt Small Plaintiffs' Firms, Deprive Clients Most in Need

The Supreme Court should respect the rights of accident victims, the majority of whom want to receive these letters, and the constitutional rights of small firms and solo practitioners who want to send them.
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July 31, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Corporate Successor Liability Expanded Under De Facto Merger Doctrine

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued an important decision that potentially affects how corporate acquisitions are best structured and the liability risks confronting the buyer. In a 5-2 decision in Fizzano Brothers Concrete Products v. XLN Inc., the court addressed the law of corporate successor liability.
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December 18, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Mediation Confidentiality: Meaningful but Not Absolute

In their Southern District Civil Practice Roundup, Edward M. Spiro and Judith L. Mogul, principals of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that while the promise of confidentiality for mediation materials is broad, it is not sacrosanct, and judges have struggled with defining when and under what circumstances a third party may obtain discovery of mediation materials.
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November 10, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Litigation in the Internet Age

A recent ethics opinion by the New York City Bar Association's Committee on Professional Ethics is the latest example of how computers and the Internet have changed the practice of law. The committee said that neither a lawyer nor someone working for her could resort to false pretenses, "trickery" or deception — such as creating a phony Facebook account and "friending" a potential witness — to obtain evidence from a social networking site.
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May 20, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

New Federal Judges Expected After Deal Ends Senate Logjam

Four new judges will be joining the Eastern District of Pennsylvania federal bench in the coming weeks and one Eastern District judge will be elevated to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals now that the White House has struck a deal with Senate Democrats to confirm a package of 25 non-controversial nominees.
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December 16, 2011 | Daily Business Review

GCs say career death penalty doesn't fit the crime

A closely watched case tests the power of the government to punish corporate executives absent evidence the officials were aware of misconduct among subordinates.
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March 15, 2010 | The Recorder

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