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Corporate Counsel

Getting Political: As More Companies #BoycottNRA, Legal Departments Have Much to Consider

The #BoycottNRA movement is reaching Corporate America, leaving companies and their legal departments to decide: Are you in?
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

It's Time to Develop Your Crisis Communications Plan

Law Firm Management columnists Zach Olsen and Jesse Dungan write: In the current climate, firms that don't take seriously the very real reputational and business interruption threats that face them are taking on significant risks that could be mitigated—if not avoided altogether—by thoughtful preparation.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Excludes Warrantless Search of Cellphone

On June 15, 2010, Michael Toll called 9-1-1 and reported he had been shot on a street corner in Philadelphia. A police officer responded and found Toll in his vehicle.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Retired Dow Jones GC Returns to Cornell to Train 1st Amendment Lawyers

The Cornell Law School clinic is hoping to have a national impact on First Amendment law although it will primarily represent clients in upstate New York, western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

After a Second Google Suit, Time to Re-Examine Policies Around Internal Forums

The follow up to James Damore's suit against Google may prompt legal departments to take a close look at how they deal with speech on internal company message boards.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Defense Subpoenas Duces Tecum for State Witnesses' Social Media Accounts and Smart Phone Data

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco writes: It is no surprise that courts nationwide are more frequently wrestling with subpoena requests in litigation initiated by the defense in criminal cases for state's witnesses' relevant smart phone data and social media footprint including their posts, messages and emails in pursuit of finding impeachment material, conflicting explanation of events, false information and other grounds for further investigation to, among other reasons, challenge these witnesses' recollection and reliability. He addresses common issues raised by this litigation.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Declares Facebook 'Private Data' and Other Social Media Subject to Discovery

The New York Court of Appeals has issued an unequivocal declaration that even materials deemed “private” by a Facebook user are subject to discovery, if they contain material relevant to the issues in controversy in litigation.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am a judicial officer and heard argument and evidence from parties. Besides my law clerks and judicial staff, can I talk to other persons or go on the internet to review information that may be pertinent?
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

E-Discovery Ethics: It's Still—And Always Will Be—About Doing Tech Right

In Klipsch Group v. ePRO E-Commerce, No. 16-3637-cvNo. 16-3726-cv (2d Cir. Jan. 25), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York's order that “the likely valuation of actual damages” in the matter was “$25,000,” the defendant had to pay the plaintiff $2.68 million as “compensation” for “additional discovery efforts” the plaintiff had to take because of the defendant's misconduct.
15 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

It's Time for Attorneys to Wake Up and Recognize Change

I am always confounded by colleagues who believe that their education ended the day they received their law degrees or that they cannot adapt to learning new things, such as a new area of law, a new procedure for doing things or any other “new” topic you might think of.
6 minute read

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