Hayes Hunt and Michael Zabel The crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege: As an attorney, you may not anticipate it applying to your emails, your letters or your advice to your client. But even if you never see it coming, your…
Yearly Archives: 2014
If You Uncover Potential Juror Bias, Do You Tell The Court? Yes
By Hayes Hunt, Thomas G. Wilkinson & Thomas M. O’Rourke On the eve of a criminal trial, you decide to Google the names of a few prospective jurors. One appears to have been suspended from the practice of law due to…
Investigating Employee Wrongdoing
By Hayes Hunt and Arthur Fritzinger Companies in every industry—private and public—struggle with the difficult task of promptly identifying employee wrongdoing and responding appropriately. The National Football League continues to be embroiled in a controversy arising from its reaction to…
Your Client is Hacked and Personal Information is Leaked Online – Now What?
By Hayes Hunt and Jillian Thornton You are general counsel to a company, and your CEO steps into your office, clutching his iPhone in one hand and wiping sweat from his brow with the other, and tells you that a…
Lawyer’s Duty to Preserve Social Media Evidence
By Hayes Hunt and Jeffrey Monhait Lawyers must take “appropriate” steps to preserve their clients’ potentially relevant and discoverable social media evidence. That is the key take-away from an ethics opinion recently issued by the Philadelphia Bar Association. However, lawyers…
Tagged with: Discovery, duty to preserve, Ethics, Litigation, Social Media Law
Posted in Social Media & Law
Posted in Social Media & Law
Deposition Tactics – Obstructionist Litigation
By Hayes Hunt and Arthur Fritzinger With fewer trials and an increasing focus on using the discovery process to leverage a favorable settlement or resolution, it is common for litigation counsel to be obstructionist during discovery. For example, counsel may…
Tagged with: Deposition Practice, Depostion Objections, Discovery, Litigation, Litigation Practice, Objections
Posted in Litigation
Posted in Litigation
30 (b)(6) Corporate Designee Depositions – What You Need to Know
By Hayes Hunt and Joshua Ruby In a world where the overwhelming majority of cases never make it to trial, depositions take on outsized importance. They will almost certainly be the only in-person testimony either party has the opportunity to…
ABA Blawg 100 – From the Sidebar
Please consider nominating From the Sidebar for the ABA Blawg 100. In years past, we have been awarded the ABA Blawg 100 and ask that you help us continue our tradition. We really appreciate all your support and interest in our legal…
Psychology In the Courtroom – Is Social Science “Common Sense” or a Tool to Correct Juror Misconceptions?
By Thomas G. Wilkinson and Thomas M. O’Rourke The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued two decisions regarding the use of social science experts in criminal cases. As noted by University of Pittsburgh law professor David Harris, however, the opinions appear…
Tagged with: Alicia case, Criminal Law, Expert Testimony, Eyewitnesses Expert, False Confession, Jurors, Jury Persuasion, Social Science Law, Trial Practice, Walker case
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Criminal Conduct & Sports: Luis Suarez – World Class Biter
By Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner Yesterday, Uruguay striker Luis Suarez bit Italian defender, Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder like a piece of pizza. Uruguay advanced to the knock-out round of the World Cup and Italy was eliminated. Suarez also took a…
Tagged with: Criminal Law, FIFA investigation., Luis Suarez bite, sports law, suspension
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
