Posts Tagged ‘general counsel’
Keeping Track of Consolidated Cases
In a decision made by the Supreme Court in the Fall of 2017, justices announced independent cause for appeal by a party in consolidated cases cannot be denied. Their resolution is a reminder for lawyers and officials to expect appeals by parties in consolidated cases and to take the necessary steps to enter into the appeal process.
Read MoreThink Twice Before You Post: How Social Media Waives Confidentiality
Engaging in online threads, posts, or tweets that reveal sensitive information may waive confidentiality. The trick is discerning if the information that’s posted qualifies as one of the exceptions to Model Rule 1.9.
Read MoreWill AI Help or Hurt Legal Professionals?
When an industry is confronted with a new technology that seeks to improve the efficiency of tasks, the workers of that industry are naturally inclined to feel concerned about how that technology may disrupt the way the industry runs. Currently, artificial intelligence (AI) in litigation is transforming the profession through automation of such time-consuming tasks…
Read MoreActivists Bring Climate Change Policy to the Courtroom
When those parties and companies refuse to make voluntary changes to improve such climate change factors as pollution output and planet-harming resource gathering methods, activists looking to protect the planet have no other choice but to take them to court.
Read MoreReversed Ruling Could Allow Junk Science to Complicate Litigation
A reversed ruling from July 2017 could reopen a precedent that junk science evidence is admissible in court, which may allow several thousand cases to run through the judicial system based on refuted scientific theories.
Read MoreThe Emerging Prevalence of Commercial Disparagement
In a world in which social media gives customer and companies the opportunity to say anything about one another instantly, there is a heightened danger of violating the commercial disparagement tort.
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