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Rodemer Kane Attorneys at Law

What Happens if a Victim or Witness Refuses to Testify?

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Refusing to testify as a witness after being served with a subpoena in a criminal case can lead to serious consequences. The court may hold the individual in contempt of court, which can result in both imprisonment and a...more

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Washington State’s New Shield Law, Part of Washington’s ‘Choice-Defending Agenda,’ Modifies Obligations Related to Other States’...

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Entities that receive criminal process (such as subpoenas or search warrants) in Washington state should review Washington’s new Shield Law, which the legislature just passed as part of its post-Dobbs “choice-defending...more

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COVID-19's Effects on Criminal Procedure

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As with other areas of legal practice, the criminal justice system has felt the effects of COVID-19 and the resulting shutdown orders that have been mandated across the county. Courts at every level of the judiciary have...more

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A Parallel Universe: Navigating Discovery in Concurrent Civil and Criminal Proceedings

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As criminal law has expanded into almost every sector of the American economy, one byproduct is the rise of "parallel proceedings"—lawsuits that proceed concurrently in criminal and civil court based on largely the same...more

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U.S. v. Microsoft – What you need to know about one of the most important privacy cases of the decade

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has in its hands one of the most closely-watched privacy cases in recent memory. U.S. v. Microsoft addresses an issue of critical importance to U.S. businesses — whether...more

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Ninth Circuit Adopts New Standard for Discovery of Grand Jury Evidence

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In In re: Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litigation (ODD), the Ninth Circuit rejected the “effect test” in favor of a streamlined approach to evaluating civil discovery seeking grand jury evidence and allowed antitrust...more

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