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Audit Communications Not Subject to Right-to-Know Law

Communications between government agency board members and accounting firms contracted to conduct an audit of the agency at issue will not be considered discoverable public records, a Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas judge has ruled in an issue of first impression.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Authenticating Digital Evidence

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco, executive assistant district attorney, investigations division, Office of the Queens County District Attorney, writes: New evidence brings new authentication issues for the courts to decide as that technology becomes integrated in our lives.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Employment Litigaton: Building Your Case

Russell Penzer, a partner with Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid, writes: All too frequently, employment attorneys fail to counsel their clients with respect to evidentiary issues until after the client has been served with a discrimination complaint. Counsel who act proactively, however, can assist employers both in adopting and following procedures that are likely to create favorable and admissible evidence long before a claim is ever asserted.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fifth Court Hears Arguments in Fight Pitting Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and Albert G. Hill III

A lawyer representing Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins told Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals that a trial court had no authority to dismiss indictments that the DA had brought against a wealthy oil heir—charges that the trial judge concluded Watkins filed "to assist" plaintiffs lawyer Lisa Blue.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Abuse Conviction Falters on Mention of Previous Bad Act

A man convicted of sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl must get a new trial because the jury heard statements from the girl's mother in which the defendant allegedly described a previous uncharged encounter with a 13-year-old, the Third Department has ruled.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

House, DOJ Clash Over Subpoena

The rift is widening between House Republicans and the U.S. Department of Justice as lawyers for a congressional committee accuse the agency of making inappropriate statements in a pending lawsuit rooted in a controversial gun investigation.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Zoloft Special Master Doesn't Recommend Discovery Order Just Yet

Plaintiffs alleging that antidepressant Zoloft caused birth defects in babies are asking that drug maker Pfizer be compelled to respond to requests served by the plaintiffs in an initial discovery pool. But the multidistrict litigation special discovery master, Andrew A. Chirls, recommends against it.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Court Says Monastery Must Pay $278,000 To Donors

In an unusual lawsuit accusing a religious monastery in Ashford of pretending to be affiliated with the Catholic Church when in fact it wasn't, a couple were awarded more than $278,000 in damages after donating $200,000 for a chapel to be built only to later discover the truth about the organization.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Capitol Update: DA Requirements; Seat Belt Evidence; E-discovery

The Georgia House of Representatives today passed a resolution that would require district attorneys to have at least seven years of experience as a lawyer.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Key Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit Thrown Out of Court

The first federal bellwether trial over a Johnson & Johnson unit's pelvic mesh product has been tossed out by the judge overseeing the litigation.
3 minute read

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