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WASHINGTON—In a landmark decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled to uphold the Bill of Rights, the very tenets upon which American society is based. "After carefully considering the relevance of the 10 inviolable rights that comprise the ideological foundation on which our nation is built, the court
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This time in New Jersey, as described at Electronic Discovery Law:
State v. M.A., 954 A.2d 503 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2008)
In this case of first impression in New Jersey, defendant argued that personal information found on his work computers should be suppressed because his employer had no authority to consent
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It’s no surprise that trial lawyers are often drawn to politics — politics and trials both hinge on facts, credibility and persuasion, and both are swayed by similar strategies, tactics, persistence, diligence, insight and, unfortunately, fabrications and passions.
That is part of why, this blog, unlike most practicing attorney blogs, often jumps into politics. I…
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania punts an easy one:
Counts I and II of the complaint arise under the Truth in Lending Act ("TILA"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601, et seq., Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 ("HOEPA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1639 and Regulation Z of the Federal…
The Associated Press has picked up the dispute between Paul Rosen, who wants to paint a mural on a parking lot near Rittenhouse Square, and his neighbors, who apparently believe public art is beneath them. The dispute was covered in depth last month by Philadelphia Magazine.
The mural has been designed by…
Ronald V. Miller, Jr., at the Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog, on the ball as always:
David Davis, a Massachusetts based jury consultant, offers five thoughts in The Jury Expert on the psychology of how jurors process requests for damage awards that I think is of interest to accident and malpractice lawyers.
I found of
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Since politics are about more than just tax cuts and foreign policy:
There’s no way around it: the Obama administration will need to address food issues head-on.
Last month, Michael Pollan published a sweeping letter to the next president, Farmer in Chief, in the New York Times. After Pollan’s article was published, the American…
In theory, Pennsylvania recognizes a duty in every contract for both parties to act with the utmost good faith and to engage only in fair dealing with one another.
In practice, these claims rarely succeed, like a week ago in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania:
Pennsylvania law recognizes an
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Over at the wonderful gCaptain blog:
While traveling to destinations around the world my setup is a black macbook (however, due to an unfortunate incident involving wine it is now the new macbook) and my iPhone. I tend towards lengthy email replies when using the Macbook so I much prefer the iPhone…
California, intent on proving it has too much democracy, has bought itself some tricky legal questions.
First, did the voters just revise or amend their constitution (and does that matter)? LATimes reports:
Lawyers for same-sex couples argued that the anti-gay-marriage measure was an illegal constitutional revision — not a more limited amendment, as backers
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