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A disciplinary committee of the State Bar of California is proposing a new rule that would require attorneys to face perjury charges if, in voluntarily resigning, they fail to state any criminal charges or convictions against them. The proposal comes after an attorney in La Mesa, Calif., was alleged to have failed to report a guilty plea in his submission to voluntarily resign from the State Bar. The attorney pleaded guilty in February to possessing child pornography and resigned from the Bar in May.
The 2nd Circuit tackled two cases of first impression Wednesday as it upheld the conviction of two men in a terror financing sting operation. The court set the standard for determining what relevant classified information a criminal defendant is entitled to in discovery and addressed the "propriety and standard of review of motions to intervene in a criminal case."
may change how it calculates its law school rankings -- and some deans aren't happy about it. The magazine is considering pooling part-time students' scores after hearing claims that some schools move students with lower grades and test scores into part-time programs so they can report better data, said the magazine's director of data research. Deans warn that a slot on the list is so important that some schools would drop part-time programs rather than slip in the rankings.
You might be tired of the phrase "think outside the box," but that's what Software as a Service does -- the "box" being your computer. Though many are leery of having their critical software served up over the Internet, Web 2.0 advances are making SaaS more practical, and desirable.
holds that "reasonable suspicion is not needed for customs officials to search a laptop." This has serious ramifications for mobile attorneys, who can't ensure privileged and confidential legal materials are protected from government intrusion.
Clients demand the ability to securely collaborate with lawyers, says James McKenna, Morrison & Foerster's senior manager of practice technology. But it's not enough to hear their requests filtered through lawyers. IT professionals need to be present when tech needs are discussed.
Technology's blurring of the lines between office and home has a dark side: In a survey, nearly 16 percent of telecommuters admitted using personal e-mail accounts to avoid corporate review or retention of messages. How can a company guard against ESI that they never see?
The legal community is not isolated from the need to be "green." Since lawyers are not trained in measures that may have a net-positive effect, bar associations and court administrators should undertake a comprehensive analysis of what can be done to reduce lawyers' carbon footprint.
Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against YouTube has ordered it to disclose who watches which video clips and when. The data, to be disclosed only to plaintiffs in the case, will not include real user names or e-mail addresses.
As summer associates struggle to answer obscure research questions over the next couple of months, they may find an answer to their late-night prayers in JD Supra, a free online service that provides access to legal documents including memoranda, briefs and unpublished court decisions.
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