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Supreme Court Justice Orie Melvin To Defend Criminal Prosecution

Order Relieves Supreme Court Justice Of Duties

by Andrew J. Kennedy on 5/17/2012

Today Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Orie Melvin was relieved of her judicial duties because the Supreme Court was advised that criminal proceedings have been commenced against her. The Supreme Court also issued an order...more

Can Twitter Protect a User’s Information?

by Cullen and Dykman LLP on 5/16/2012

Data obtained from social networking websites continues to become more essential to developing a parties’ case. Production of that data, however, has become more burdensome for the companies developing the technology. For...more

MSC Order List: May 11, 2012

by Warner Norcross & Judd - Appellate Practice... on 5/16/2012

In Smitter v Thornapple Township, Case No. 144354, the Court granted leave to appeal the judgment of the Court of Appeals. The Court previously had considered an application for leave to appeal an earlier order from the...more

Advice of Counsel: An Effective Shield

by Michael Volkov on 5/14/2012

Companies hire lawyers for a reason. Hopefully, they do so for more than one reason. Lawyers provide several important benefits, contrary to all the jokes and ridicule against the profession. The attorney-client...more

Ten Things to Do When Your Company Receives a DOJ Grand Jury Subpoena

by Howard Ullman on 5/9/2012

You have just received notice of a grand jury subpoena duces tecum from the Department of Justice Antitrust Division in connection with a price-fixing investigation. (The likelihood of doing so may be on the rise. In 2008,...more

Parallel IRS Investigations Have Returned After a 35-Year Hiatus

by Duane Morris LLP on 5/3/2012

Danger is lurking in the world of Internal Revenue Service audits, namely, parallel investigations. Parallel investigations by the IRS are simultaneous civil and criminal investigations of an individual or business entity,...more

Kenneth Ellman on Tom Watson on News International Murdoch Corruption

by Kenneth Ellman on 5/1/2012

Where Did He Come From? Kenneth Ellman on Tom Watson, M.P., News International, Murdoch Corruption, and the Truth. Copyright 2012, Kenneth Ellman, All rights reserved. The investigation by the House of Commons in...more

The Second Circuit Reverses Conviction of Computer Programmer and Holds that Theft of Intellectual Property Is Not Necessarily...

by Pullman & Comley, LLC on 5/1/2012

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit seemingly stripped federal prosecutors of the use of two statutes used to combat the theft of intellectual property, critical technologies and other...more

RI Court Holds No Coverage for Criminal Proceedings Involving Nightclub Tragedy

by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 5/1/2012

In its recent decision in Derderian v. Essex Insurance Company, 2012 R.I. LEXIS 54 (R.I. Apr. 27, 2012), the Supreme Court of Rhode Island had occasion to consider whether under a general liability policy, an insured was...more

Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Huguely Case

by Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP on 4/30/2012

The mother of slain University of Virginia student Yeardley Love has filed a Wrongful Death lawsuit against her murderer, George Huguely, in the Circuit Court for Charlottesville, VA, according to multiple news outlets. I...more

District Court Dismisses Claim by U.S. Citizen Against the U.S. Arising on Non-U.S. Soil On Sovereign Immunity Grounds

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/25/2012

Cottonham v. United States Embassy, Bankok, Thailand, No. C-11-3131 (N.D. Cal. 2011), is almost a more brief decision than this posting, but the issue is one worth consideration for those in international...more

MSC Order List: April 24, 2012

by Warner Norcross & Judd - Appellate Practice... on 4/25/2012

In lieu of granting leave to appeal in People v. Garrett, No. 144213, the Michigan Supreme Court vacated the sentences of the trial court, and remanded the case for resentencing. On remand, the trial court shall sentence the...more

In re Pacific Pictures: New Ninth Circuit Decision May Be Kryptonite To Claims Of Privilege Under The Selective Waiver Doctrine

by Fenwick & West LLP on 4/24/2012

Corporations subject to criminal and civil regulatory investigations have long grappled with the highly charged decision over whether to provide the government with privileged communications and attorney work product or...more

Legal Alert: Denial of Workers' Comp Claim May Form the Basis of RICO Claim

by Ford & Harrison LLP on 4/20/2012

The Sixth Circuit has held that a group of transportation workers have a property right in their entitlement to workers' compensation benefits under Michigan law, and that the denial of their workers' compensation claims may...more

En Banc 9th Circuit Decision Narrowly Construes Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's Prohibition on Conduct that "Exceeds...

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/13/2012

In a 9-2 reversal of an earlier appellate decision by a 3-judge panel, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued an en banc ruling in U.S. v. Nosal, holding that the prohibition in the federal Computer Fraud and...more

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