Do you recall your childhood days of playing dodgeball during gym class? Leaping to the left and right, diving to the ground, trying to escape elimination while dodgeballs streak past and constantly plotting your next attack....more
4/9/2013
- Bullying Human Targetting Public Schools School Safety Sports
On August 6, 2012, the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) House of Delegates voted to amend the comment to its Model Rule of Professional Conduct (“MRPC”) Rule 1.1, which governs lawyer competence. In amending Rule 1.1 the...more
3/29/2013
- ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Technology
In February 2012 we discussed the turmoil that had erupted at schools across the country as students donned breast cancer awareness bracelets with the slogan “I (Heart) Boobies”. The bracelets were quickly banned after school...more
3/7/2013
- Dress Codes First Amendment Free Speech Public Schools
Politics in math class? Students at Brevard Community College were not only directed to solve mathematical equations but told who they should vote for in the presidential election. Sharon Sweet, a professor at the college,...more
3/4/2013
On October 3, 2012, Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Hector D. LaSalle reminded litigators of the importance of following proper discovery practice when requesting social media content....more
2/6/2013
- Discovery Social Media
It is not really a surprise when a celebrity makes the news after being sued; we see it happen all time. Those cases typically involve some sort of misconduct, domestic issue, or some other media-driven dispute. It is not...more
12/17/2012
- Evidence Negligence Rewards Sanctions Spoliation
Employers should carefully prepare what they say to employees who they intend to terminate before actually saying it. Often, employers use terms that should be excluded from their vocabulary when in those delicate situations....more
12/10/2012
- ADEA Discrimination
Scentsy, Inc. v. B.R. Chase, L.L.C., et al, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143633 (D. Idaho Oct. 2, 2012).
Our e-discovery department has often expressed concern regarding the importance of when and how to preserve potentially...more
11/14/2012
