By Hayes Hunt and Thomas O’Rourke On June 2, 2014, a fight broke out in the hallway of a Brevard Country, Florida courtroom. The fight was between an assistant public defender and the presiding Judge, Retired Army Reserve Colonel, John…
Yearly Archives: 2014
Judge the Fighting Judge – How Would You Rule?
Tagged with: Ethics, judge fight, Judges, Judicial Code, Judiciary, Professional Duties
Posted in The Bench
Posted in The Bench
Prohibiting Discovery of Attorney-Expert Communications
By Jeffrey M. Monhait Are communications between attorneys and their retained experts discoverable? For now, the answer appears to be no, as a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently affirmed a Superior Court decision “creat[ing] a bright-line rule denying discovery of…
Tagged with: attorney work product, attorney-client privilege, attorney-expert communication, Litigation Practice
Posted in Litigation
Posted in Litigation
Attorney-Client Privilege & Corporate Dissolution
By Hayes Hunt and Arthur Fritzinger Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr.’s recent ruling in Red Vision Systems v. National Real Estate Information Services, No. 14-0411 (Comm. Pls. Feb. 26, 2014), that the attorney-client…
Tagged with: attorney-client privilege, Corporate Counsel, Corporate Law, Red Vision
Posted in Privilege
Posted in Privilege
Prosecuting a ”Faceless” Corporation – Indictment of a Company
By Hayes Hunt and Thomas O’Rourke On Sept. 9, 2010, a pipeline running through a residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., ruptured, permitting natural gas to escape into the air. The gas ultimately ignited, resulting in an explosion and a…
Tagged with: Corporate Executives, Corporate Law, corporate prosecution, Criminal Law, Indictment of a Company
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Consumers & Binding Arbitration – Company Websites & Social Media
By Hayes Hunt & Jeffrey Monhait Can a company require that you give up your right to sue the company if you download a coupon from the company’s website? What if you “like” one of the company’s products on Facebook? …
Tagged with: Binding Arbitration, Corporate Counsel, Corporate Law, Litigation Practice
Posted in Social Media & Law
Posted in Social Media & Law
Maintaining Privilege With Consultants – Practical Guide
By Hayes Hunt and Arthur Fritzinger Previously, we talked about the legal standards applied to claims of attorney-client privilege between a company’s general counsel and outside consultants. Now, let’s talk about practical tips for maintaining that privilege. We explained the…
Tagged with: attorney-client privilege, attorney-expert communication, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Law
Posted in Corporate Compliance
Posted in Corporate Compliance
Strike That. Objecting to Yourself. Eddie and Opening Day.
By Hayes Hunt Eddie Ohlbaum, my close friend, recently passed away. He loved trial work, teaching at Temple Law and advocating for the indigent. He also loved the Brooklyn Dodgers. I called him for his input when I wrote my first article for…
Tagged with: Cozen O'Connor, Depositions, From the Sidebar, Jury, Objections, Public Speaking, Questioning Techniques, Trial, Witness
Posted in Trial
Posted in Trial
Privileged Communications With Outside Consultants
By Hayes Hunt and Arthur Fritzinger Penn State University recently decided to waive attorney-client privilege and cooperate in the criminal prosecutions of certain former employees. Obviously, the former employees have attempted to assert privilege to exclude potentially incriminating statements. How…
Twitter, Evidence, Privacy and Social Media
By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint A recent case, albeit one dealing with a governmental subpoena, shows that the SCA may not be the panacea that social networking sites think it is. In People v. Harris, Twitter sought to quash…
Tagged with: Criminal Law, Evidence, Fourth Amendment, Prosecution, Social Media Law, Trial
Posted in Criminal Law
Posted in Criminal Law
Facebook Subpoena – Trial Evidence
By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint Obtaining information through a subpoena may be easier said than done. Third-party subpoenas to social networking sites are likely to result in an objection on the grounds that the production of private information would…
Tagged with: Facebook, Social Media, Social Media Law, stored communication act, subpoena
Posted in Trial
Posted in Trial
