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E-mail date- and time-stamped in different time zones can make it hard to see who said what when. Trial lawyer Craig Ball advises you to make it a standard part of your ESI collection protocol to establish and preserve the relevant time offsets for the custodial machines.
The Iowa attorney general's office said Monday it has asked the state Supreme Court to review a court ruling that nude dancing is a legal art form. In the case, a strip club owner was charged with violating public indecent exposure law after a 17-year-old girl climbed on stage and stripped off her clothes. The judge ruled that a strip club is protected under state law allowing nudity in any "theater, concert hall, art center, museum or similar establishments" devoted to the arts or theatrical performances.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has effectively banned discussions between judges seeking retirement jobs and lawyers appearing before them. Judges may not talk about jobs with parties or attorneys in a matter in which the judge is participating "personally and substantially," the unanimous court said. And if a lawyer brings up the subject, "judges should put a halt to the conversation at once, rebuff any offer, and disclose what occurred on the record," the court said.
A Republican candidate for county prosecutor who hired a convicted felon to intimidate four people who owed him money was disbarred Friday by the West Virginia Supreme Court. The court said Mark Blevins also asked the convict to secure a gun for him, an action the justices called "profoundly disturbing."
Four leading Wall Street firms have advised on the latest grand-scale banking rescue as Wachovia joins the ranks of banking giants to fall victim to the credit crunch. Davis Polk & Wardwell and Sullivan & Cromwell took the lead roles on Citi's acquisition of Wachovia's banking operations for $2.16 billion. Citi will take on around $53 billion-worth of Wachovia debt in the rescue deal, backed by the U.S. government.
A report on a Justice Department investigation into the controversial firings of U.S. Attorneys is harshly critical of the politically charged dismissals but does not recommend referring the role of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to a grand jury for possible criminal charges. The department's inspector general and Office of Professional Responsibility do recommend, however, that a prosecutor continue to investigate the involvement of lawmakers and the White House in the firings.
Herbert Smith, Slaughter and May and Ashurst have all landed top roles on the 40 billion pound ($72.3 billion) nationalization of U.K. bank Bradford & Bingley. Herbert Smith advised longstanding client B&B, while Slaughter and May acted for the U.K. government, which officially nationalized the struggling bank Monday morning. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised longstanding client Bank of England on its role in securing B&B.
Well-known Pennsylvania lawyer John Karoly Jr. was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on charges of conspiring with his son and a doctor to fabricate wills to add himself as a beneficiary after his brother, also a lawyer, and sister-in-law were killed in a plane crash. Karoly's lawyer says none of the three are guilty and that Karoly was targeted because he is a prominent lawyer who has successfully sued police departments.
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