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The Legal Intelligencer

With UIDDA, Pa. Joins Bandwagon to Simplify Third-Party Discovery

Pennsylvania has joined a growing number of states that have adopted the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. Promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission in 2007 and codified at 42 Pa. C.S. §§ 5331-37, the UIDDA establishes an efficient and inexpensive procedure for out-of-state attorneys attempting to serve subpoenas in Pennsylvania for discovery to be used in an action pending in another state.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Exposing Expert Witness' Bias During Cross: Collateral Attack

In their Trail Advocacy column, Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, and Evan Torgan of Torgan & Cooper, write: When dealing with the expert witness, exposing bias is not only an essential part of cross, but one that becomes imperative if counsel is to turn the jury against the so-called "expert."
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dwyer v. General Motors

Removal of Allegedly Defective Shock Absorber's Casing Did Not Destroy, Alter Relevant Evidence
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Survey: Federal Workers Leery of E-Discovery

More than a third of those polled by Deloitte fretted that their agency's e-discovery data isn't trustworthy and accurate.
1 minute read

Law.com

Testimony About Penis Size Found Prejudicial in Sexual Assault Case

A New Jersey appeals court on Wednesday reversed a rape conviction because testimony about whether the defendant had an unusually large penis exceeded its proper scope.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

State Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Sandusky's Lawyer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to take up a case in which an attorney representing convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky had sought to invoke the work-product doctrine to avoid complying with a protective order issued by the judge who presided over Sandusky's trial, which was put in place days after grand jury materials in the case were allegedly leaked to the media.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Using Big Data to Prevent Fraud and Enforce Compliance

The ascent of Big Data has introduced an important new factor into the world of economic crimes and investigations. But just because there is more information to look at doesn't mean that the information will be any easier to find and analyze.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Bankruptcy Filing Evidence Prejudicial in Merger Case

The Delaware Court of Chancery has refused to reopen the record in a lawsuit filed by shareholders of ambulance service provider Rural/Metro Corp. alleging that company's financial adviser, RBC Capital Markets LLC, aided and abetted Rural/Metro's board members' breach of fiduciary duty in the company's $438 million sale to Warburg Pincus LLC in 2011. Rural/Metro's shareholders sought to include a 2013 declaration by the company's new chief financial officer in a suggestion of bankruptcy filing that the company could not accurately forecast revenue, but the court said permitting the evidence would be prejudicial to the defendants.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Bars, for Now, Testimony in Penn State Hearing

A judge on Tuesday directed prosecutors and lawyers for three former Penn State administrators to make their cases in writing as he weighs claims that the defendants' legal rights were so badly violated that charges they covered up child sex-abuse allegations should be thrown out.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Courts Apply Same Old Rules to New Issues in 2013

In 2013, many novel civil litigation issues came before the trial and appellate courts of Pennsylvania for decision. Some of these issues were resolved and some were left open for another day, but one key trend that emerged was courts wrestling with technological advances like social media, cellphones and GPS devices in the legal spectrum.
8 minute read

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