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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Bar Association Issues Guidelines on Social Media Use

A recent Philadelphia Bar Association ethics opinion detailing how lawyers may instruct their clients on the use of social media provides greater clarity to lawyers caught in the middle of a constantly "evolving" digital landscape, some attorneys said.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ethics Professor Calls for More Transparency from Olens

In response to questions from the Daily Report about Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens' decision not to release a controversial ethics commission memo during prior wrongful termination litigation against the state, a noted law and ethics professor is calling on Olens to be more transparent.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Memorandum Puts Heat on AG Sam Olens

A memorandum drafted by the state ethics commission's top executive, which details alleged interference by the office of Gov. Nathan Deal into the commission's investigation of him, has stoked a legal fire that now is radiating heat onto the attorney general's office.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Personnel Files Are at Risk of Disclosure in Legal Mal Cases

A recent ruling in a legal malpractice case opening the door to Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young turning over personnel files is a reminder that law firms may want to be cautious about what they write in performance reviews.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Obtaining Cell Phone Records in Civil Litigation

Jeff S. Korek writes that with studies showing as much as 23 percent of all car accidents involved distracted drivers using their cell phones, it would seem logical that civil litigants involved in motor vehicle accident cases should be able to obtain the cell phone records of an opposing driver in order to help prove fault. Yet, surprisingly, it is very difficult to obtain such records.
11 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court Denies Reporter's Request for Bush Library Document Inquires

John Cook, former editor in chief of gawker.com, who now serves the same role at The Intercept, a digital magazine, sought to obtain records of requests for archived presidential and vice presidential materials submitted to NARA by or on behalf of former President George W. Bush and former Vice-President Richard B. Cheney, according to the opinion.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Art of the Custodian Interview

The custodian interview is a cost-effective discovery tool to locate relevant documents when your company is a party to a lawsuit.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Cost-shifting in E-discovery: Options and Opportunities

In today's ESI-laden litigation environment, cost-shifting is an important way for a party to mitigate discovery expenses.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Confidentiality Orders in a Books-and-Records Inspection, Part II

In part I of this article, we discussed how in Quantum Technology Partners IV L.P. v. Ploom, C.A. No. 9054-ML (Del. Ch. May 14, 2014) (Master's Final Report), Master in Chancery Abigail M. LeGrow faced the "unwelcome task" of finding an appropriate middle ground between the extreme positions taken by the parties in a Section 220 action concerning what terms should be included in a confidentiality order in connection with the inspection of corporate books and records where inspection was sought in part to assist the stockholder in marketing its shares.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court Denies Reporter's Request for Bush Library Document Inquires

John Cook, former editor in chief of gawker.com, who now serves the same role at The Intercept, a digital magazine, sought to obtain records of requests for archived presidential and vice presidential materials submitted to NARA by or on behalf of former President George W. Bush and former Vice-President Richard B. Cheney, according to the opinion.
5 minute read

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