Third Circuit Sets Standard for Facebook Chat Evidence
September 01, 2016
Rejecting the appeal of a convicted child molester who used Facebook to exchange explicit photos of minors, a federal appeals court clarified how online chats can be authenticated as criminal evidence.
Overseas Product Liability Claims
September 01, 2016
U.S. manufacturers are seeing more product liability claims abroad. Manufacturers may have little experience in litigating such claims, and will look to their U.S.-based liability counsel for assistance. There are several ways in which counsel may help manufacturers manage overseas litigation. Here are some of them.
<b>Decision of Note</b> Film Payments Don't Toll Lawsuit Limitations Period
September 01, 2016
In its first ruling on the issue, the Court of Appeal of Florida decided that film distribution payments didn't fall under the state's "continuing tort" doctrine for purposes of extending the statute of limitations in a lawsuit alleging tortious interference with business relationship.
Supreme Court Review: FLSA, Title VII, First Amendment, Religious Freedom
September 01, 2016
This review of U.S. Supreme Court decisions from the 2015-16 term in the area of labor and employment law looks at rulings pertaining to whether automobile service advisers are exempt from overtime pay under the FLSA; whether a ruling on the merits is a necessary predicate to finding a defendant is a prevailing party eligible for an attorney fees award under Title VII; and much
Case Notes
September 01, 2016
Analysis of a case in which Tylenol defendants' experts failed the <I>Daubert</I> test
Privacy and Security of Personal Information Collected by Employee Benefit Plans
September 01, 2016
High profile cyberattacks and data breaches have become routine occurrences. Cyber threats are so pervasive that many privacy and security experts advise that responsible parties ' like fiduciaries of employee benefit plans ' should prepare for <i>when</i> a data breach occurs, not <i>if</i>. Data collected by employee benefit plans includes sensitive information that makes them a particularly attractive target for cybercrime.
Sullivan & Worcester's Advancement Think Tank
September 01, 2016
This article explores a firm's content development initiative experiment from the marketing and professional development perspectives. A group of about eight senior associates, known as SWATT (Sullivan & Worcester's Advancement Think Tank), were charged with developing the content. Here is their story.
Three-Way Stop: Project Management, Technology and Process Improvement
September 01, 2016
Legal Project Management has seen an explosion of interest from the legal industry in recent years. It has been touted as the key to efficient legal work and a cure-all for the woes of fixed fees, fee caps, and lawyers who blow budgets. But what are the drawbacks?
The SEC Whistleblower Program
September 01, 2016
Last month, in Part One of this article,we examined the overall structure, operation and experience of the SEC's Whistleblower program over the first five years of its operation. In Part Two herein, we take a closer look at how the Office of the Whistleblower (OWB) processes Whistleblower claims, and we examine the claim decisions rendered through April 2016.
