Labor and employment lawyers’ jobs got a little trickier after the U.S. Supreme Court decided that nearly 600 rulings from the National Labor Relations Board were handed down while the board lacked the authority to act. “It kind of makes ...
Read More »Lawyer’s e-mails to co-owner deemed privileged
The advice a corporate lawyer gave to only one of two doctors who co-owned a health center was protected by the attorney-client privilege, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled. The defendant doctor, who was sued by his partner in ...
Read More »‘Sexting’ decision leaves privacy issue unresolved
When the U.S. Supreme Court took up the case City of Ontario v. Quon, the legal world braced for the justices to rule on whether employees have a privacy interest in the messages they send on employer-issued mobile devices. But ...
Read More »SEC widens insider trading net
When the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed federal fraud charges against the powerful New York hedge fund Galleon Management and its billionaire owner, officials seized the opportunity to issue a warning to those working in the industry. “Today, tomorrow, ...
Read More »‘Sexting’ decision leaves privacy issue unresolved
When the U.S. Supreme Court took up the case City of Ontario v. Quon, the legal world braced for the justices to rule on whether employees have a privacy interest in the messages they send on employer-issued mobile devices.
Read More »SEC widens insider trading net
When the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed federal fraud charges against the powerful New York hedge fund Galleon Management and its billionaire owner, officials seized the opportunity to issue a warning to those working in the industry.
Read More »Lawyer’s e-mails to co-owner deemed privileged
The advice a corporate lawyer gave to only one of two doctors who co-owned a health center was protected by the attorney-client privilege, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled.
Read More »Survey on briefs offers companies more certainty
As an appeals specialist, David A.F. Lewis spends a lot of time trying to fathom the desires of his audience — state and federal judges. Specifically, Lewis said, he wonders what judges want to see in appellate briefs, the documents ...
Read More »Court’s ruling on NLRB affects hundreds of decisions
Labor and employment lawyers’ jobs got a little trickier after the U.S. Supreme Court decided that nearly 600 rulings from the National Labor Relations Board were handed down while the board lacked the authority to act.
Read More »‘Honest-services’ case narrows limits of law
A favorite tool of prosecutors in cases involving public corruption or corporate financial wrongdoing lost some of its edge after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the so-called “honest-services” fraud statute applies only to bribery and kickback schemes. The Supreme ...
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