By Hayes Hunt and Tom Leonard Milagros Maria Del Pino Suarez has a request for President Obama: While you’re in Cuba, please ask Raul Castro where her father, Rafael Del Pino-who was hanged in a regime prison in 1977 for…
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The Cuban Casualties Escaping Obama’s Notice
Tagged with: Cuba State Sponsor of Terrorism, Cuban Asset Control Regulation, Cuban Embargo, Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act, Obama Foreign Policy, Rafael Del Pino, Raul & Fidel Castro, State Sponsored Terrorism
Posted in Civil Procedure, Corporate Compliance, Criminal Law, Jury, Litigation, Litigation Practice, Prosecution & Defense, The Bench, The Client, The Practice of Law, Trial, Uncategorized
Posted in Civil Procedure, Corporate Compliance, Criminal Law, Jury, Litigation, Litigation Practice, Prosecution & Defense, The Bench, The Client, The Practice of Law, Trial, Uncategorized
Privacy Breaches and Your Business
by Calli Padilla and Jason Bonk There is no more important time than now—perhaps even yesterday—to understand the critical importance of implementing, enforcing and training on policies reflecting best practices to protect companies against the all too real threat of…
Ticket to Sue – Pennsylvania’s Registration Requirement for Foreign Business Entities
By: Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. and Thomas M. O’Rourke Consider the following scenario: You represent a foreign corporation in a breach of contract action in Pennsylvania state court. Your client is seeking substantial damages for unpaid widgets that it shipped…
How to Protect Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege – Defense Fails in Sex Discrimination Case
By Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. and Alexa L. Sebia Last month, a Pennsylvania federal judge rejected a company’s claim to attorney-client privilege as an obstacle to pursuit of a sex discrimination suit brought by a lawyer and former employee.[1] The court…
Crime-Fraud Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege – Facebook’s Lawsuit
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…
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…
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
