Ernest Svenson (a / k / a Ernie the Attorney) has a great post at PDF
For Lawyers about the necessity of keeping paper documents after they have been scanned.
If interested, I wrote a series of articles about Agile
for lawyers about 2 years ago and the first can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/99ytm8n
Perhaps more important, some individual judges are starting to lay out rules
for lawyers about what will be considered valid forensic evidence and what forensic witnesses will be able to claim about their findings.
A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision that has the employment law bar abuzz is a lesson
for all lawyers about the limits to both our knowledge and our powers of prediction.
I just happened across Massachusetts DUI Podcast, a short series of podcasts
for lawyers about defending drunk - driving cases in the state.
To my mind, this is a cautionary tale
for lawyers about using startup technology, particularly for something such as practice management that involves client information.
Not exact matches
Twitter also notes that it has received
about 13 % fewer requests by the government and other parties such as
lawyers for removing or withholding content.
Shortly after Dimon spoke,
lawyers for JPMorgan filed papers in Manhattan federal court seeking to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the bank of deceiving shareholders
about Bruno Iksil — the JPMorgan trader nicknamed the London Whale
for the size of his positions — and the loss that ultimately topped $ 6.2 billion.
«Start - ups are going to talk to a reporter
about their fundraise, it will hit the media — they won't have filed their form in advance — and then, apparently, they will be ineligible
for 506
for one year,» Joe Wallin, a start - up
lawyer in Seattle, pointed out this morning as he live - blogged the hearings.
Although no recent First Amendment cases could be seen to apply directly to the publication of tax returns from a candidate
for president,
lawyer Floyd Abrams said that «all the cases make it extremely unlikely that the Times could constitutionally be held liable
for publishing such a newsworthy story, a month before a presidential election,
about a candidate
for President.»
April 24 - Toys» R» Us will set aside
about $ 156 million to pay vendors
for toys and merchandise shipped after the U.S. retailer's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last September, a
lawyer for the company said on Tuesday.
Alphabet's Waymo unit is seeking
about $ 2.6 billion from Uber
for the alleged theft of one of several trade secrets in a lawsuit over self - driving cars, a
lawyer for Uber said on Wednesday.
«Producers should be excited that
about what this means
for expanding their business,» says Trina Fraser, a
lawyer with law firm BrazeauSeller who has counseled clients applying to be medical marijuana licenced producers.
• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks
about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a
lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a
lawyer, too.»
Now, Trump is furious that the FBI «broke into» his
lawyer's office, acting in part on a referral from the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, looking
for information
about the payment to Daniels, among other things.
PHILADELPHIA —
Lawyers for an investigative reporting organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Philadelphia region's main transit agency after it refused to run ads
about the group's stories on racial disparities in mortgage lending.
Opened two years ago, Potomac Law Group leans heavily on cloud technology and is itself a kind of cloud — a constellation of 40
lawyers who went to the best schools, trained at the best firms, and are now working, mostly from home, to their own schedules,
for about half the price bigger firms charge.
Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has hired the same
lawyer that former wrestler Hulk Hogan used to bankrupt Gawker Media, and is threatening to sue several media outlets
for defamation related to stories they wrote
about her past.
Harrison Jacobs: The top line headline
about you, in the New York Times and other outlets is that you've sued the police 75 times, you are the
lawyer for Black Lives Matter, Occupy, and every other major activist group.
Top executives didn't have any involvement in the alleged misleading of advertising, the Journal found, but a
lawyer for Outcome told the Journal three employees were put on paid leave while concerns
about conduct were reviewed.
The next time your company is
about to splurge on the latest hot tool
for crunching data, take a deep breath and channel your inner
lawyer.
«Qualcomm has confirmed publicly that this lawsuit against our clients is intended to make a point
about Apple and punish our clients
for working with Apple,» Theodore J. Boutrous, a
lawyer for the four companies, said in a statement.
New questions have also been raised in recent weeks
about Trump's involvement in crafting a misleading statement
for his son, Donald Trump Jr., offered in response to reports that he had met with a Kremlin - linked Russian
lawyer last June after she promised compromising information on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
While commiserating
about a legitimate issue may be well within employee rights,
lawyers for Triple Play counter that such expression holds amplifying ramifications in the realm of social media, where personal matters are frequently broadcast to widespread masses.
But then The New York Times reported that Trump Jr. actually agreed to meet the
lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, after she promised him damaging information
about 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as «part of Russia and its government's support
for Mr. Trump.»
Cain, a former Wall Street
lawyer, has been researching and writing
about the subject
for years, and her new book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking (Crown), synthesizes much of that research.
The upshot is that Koh wants the case to proceed further and
for the class action
lawyers to push Google
for recent documents
about how the email scanning process really works.
For example, Doctor on Demand lets you live chat with a doctor
about medical issues, Quicklegal allows you to have a video chat with a
lawyer on demand, and Wello lets you work out with a personal trainer over live video.
As a choir was brought on stage to perform, a reporter was brought on air
for a live shot to discuss the latest developments
about Trump's personal
lawyer Michael Cohen and the payments to Daniels.
During an interview with Sean Hannity on Wednesday night, Rudy Giuliani said President Trump reimbursed his
lawyer, Michael Cohen, the $ 130,000 he paid adult film star Stormy Daniels in exchange
for her silence
about an affair she said she had with Trump in 2006.
Rodriguez said Zambada transferred $ 6,600 to one of Rodriguez's
lawyers in exchange
for information he claims he gave the kingpin
about the twins.
President Trump said that
lawyer Michael Cohen was reimbursed through a monthly retainer
for a $ 130,000 payment made to the adult - film actress to stop what Trump called «false and extortionist accusations»
about a decade - old affair.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE RUDY GIULIANI BOMBSHELLS The former New York City mayor revealed on Fox News last night that Trump had known about the $ 130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, since he had reimbursed lawyer Michael Cohen for the exp
ABOUT THE RUDY GIULIANI BOMBSHELLS The former New York City mayor revealed on Fox News last night that Trump had known
about the $ 130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, since he had reimbursed lawyer Michael Cohen for the exp
about the $ 130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, since he had reimbursed
lawyer Michael Cohen
for the expense.
Ilias Spyrliadis, a
lawyer for Vinnik's defense, said they would formally respond after Wednesday's decision is published, in
about one week.
And while there is no legal requirement that underwriters like Mr. Thiel reveal their involvement to the opposing side or the jury, it is considered fair game
for lawyers to ask questions
about financial backing — something that Gawker Media did on Wednesday in court as part of its efforts to overturn the Hogan judgment.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday he repaid his personal
lawyer for hush money given to porn actress Stormy Daniels after claiming previously he didn't know
about the payments.
Law firms advance expenses
for clients as a matter of course, so there's nothing inherently improper
about a
lawyer covering a particular payment and then being reimbursed
for it.
The disclosure that President Trump reimbursed his
lawyer Michael D. Cohen
for a $ 130,000 payment to a porn star has raised questions
about campaign finance laws.
Andrew Arruda, chief executive officer and co-founder of ROSS Intelligence, spoke
about the importance of AI in the legal field and the dangers
for lawyers who refuse to use AI in the future.
Stripping out
lawyers, who have a disproportionately nasty habit of becoming politicians, the three most tax - dodging professions account
for about half the votes among Greek MPs.
The president allegedly repaid Michael D. Cohen, his personal
lawyer,
for the $ 130,000 hush money Cohen paid to Stormy Daniels to keep her from talking
about her affair with the president, according to former N.Y.C. mayor Rudy Giuliani, reports the New York Times.
A
lawyer for Melania Trump said news organizations had made «false and defamatory statements
about her supposedly having been an «escort» in the 1990s.»
In an email, the
lawyer, Charles J. Harder, said Ms. Trump, the wife of Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, «has placed several news organizations on notice of her legal claims against them, including Daily Mail among others,
for making false and defamatory statements
about her supposedly having been an «escort» in the 1990s.»
MH: Like
lawyers defending a guilty client, the Chicago Boys only look
for good things to say
about their pet project.
An adult - film star was paid $ 130,000 by a
lawyer for Donald Trump in the weeks before the 2016 election to not talk publicly
about a sexual relationship with the then - Republican candidate, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Michael Avenatti, a
lawyer for Daniels, told CNN's «New Day» on Thursday that he was «speechless» and «stunned» after hearing Giuliani's revelation
about the reimbursement.
President Trump said Thursday that his longtime
lawyer Michael Cohen was reimbursed through a monthly retainer
for a $ 130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 to stop what Trump called «false and extortionist accusations»
about a decade - old affair.
Former Playboy model Karen McDougal has filed a lawsuit
for the right to speak publicly
about what her
lawyer says was a «sexual relationship» she had with Donald Trump more than a decade ago.
It is messy and convoluted and falls apart when you spell it out: Trump didn't know
about the specifics, but he did repay because he did know
about the general arrangement, but he didn't really know because it's just the sort of things
lawyers do
for clients and Mr. Cohen didn't want to burden him since he's a busy man.
By Eli Yokley Top Stories President Donald Trump acknowledged
for the first time that his longtime personal
lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid a former adult film star in October 2016 to keep quiet
about her alleged encounter with him «through reimbursement.»