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New Jersey Law Journal

Why Are Lawyers Still Afraid of E-Discovery?

E-discovery is still one of those items often dreaded by law firms … and sometimes for good reason. Here's some advice to help you through.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

6 Critical Issues When Responding to Government Subpoenas

Government investigations take a variety of shapes and forms, but nearly all will include requests for the production of documents. It is important to protect sensitive customer and employee data in those materials.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Healey v. Wells Fargo N.A., PICS Case No. 15-0920 (C.P. Lackawanna May 12, 2015) Nealon, J. (10 pages).

Because two of defendant's out-of-state employees were corporate officers and another was a managing agent by virtue of his title and functions relating to this litigation and a related administrative appeal, they could be deposed without a subpoena pursuant to Rule 4007.1. Defendant's appeal denied; plaintiffs' motion to compel depositions granted.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Rules No Limits to Attorneys' Foreclosure Depositions

A foreclosure judge denies two attorneys' request to limit the scope of their depositions in an alleged witness-coaching scandal.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

DA Fights Board's Request for Garner Grand Jury Info

Staten Island prosecutors pushed back on a police complaint review board's attempt to access certain parts of grand jury proceedings after Eric Garner's chokehold death, which the board said it needed for its own look into any officer misconduct.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Forty Seven Hundred L.P. v. David Whitnack Distrib. Inc., PICS Case No. 15-0884 (C.P. Philadelphia May 15, 2015) McInerney, J. (8 pages) .

The order imposing monetary sanctions for failure to comply with a discovery order was interlocutory and not immediately appealable. Plaintiff's appeal should be quashed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Faulk v. Phila. Clerk of Courts, PICS Case No. 15-0854 (Pa. Commw. May 28, 2015) Simpson, J. (10 pages).

In the interest of internal consistency among the provisions of the RTKL and to avoid an absurd result, the Commonwealth Court properly construed §1301(a) of the law to trigger review by a Chapter 13 court only after an appeal to an appeals officer under §1102. Affirmed.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Is TAR 2.0 More, Better?

Technology-assisted review is reasonable in name, until it's not.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Technology for Legal 'Dummies'

Advances in technology can help to more quickly identify key facts in a case, however, most attorneys aren't taking advantage of them.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

KBR Files Sanctions Motion Against Feds

"The answer is no, I am not producing the sealed grand jury testimony that I don't have," an assistant US attorney wrote to a KBR lawyer in an Aug. 6, 2014, email, according to company's sanctions motion.
3 minute read

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