Ongoing technological developments present attorneys with significant challenges in the field of information privacy and security. One of these developments comes in the seemingly innocuous package of “free wifi.” But that Internet connection won’t seem so free if it comes with a State Bar probe for ethics violations.
Filed under: New Legal Developments, Practice of Law | Tagged: client communications, confidentiality, encryption, free wifi, legal documents, legal ethics | Comments Off
How do you protect what’s yours from those who would completely ignore copyright protection? This is a question the family of famed Beat generation icon Neal Cassady has asked itself, as illegally copied photographs of Neal float around the Internet and the world. One way to get greater protection is to register the copyright. Taking this [...]
Filed under: Business, Civil Litigation, Legal Topics | Tagged: copyright, copyright infringement, copyright registration, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady | 1 Comment »
In the world of property insurance, each side has certain obligations to the other. It is the fullfilling of these mutual obligations that allows the system to work. Here’s a handy list of each side’s obligations to the other, worth keeping in mind regardless of which side you side you’re on.
Filed under: Business, Civil Litigation, Legal Topics | Tagged: duties, insurance, insureds, insurers, obligations | 2 Comments »
Family lawyers and estate planning attorneys operate quite independently of one another. Each discipline is complex, and its practitioners are specialized to the point that it may be unreasonable to expect attorneys to be fully versed in both areas. But it is important for attorneys to recognize that their advice and actions in one context for [...]
Filed under: Estate Planning, Family Law, Legal Topics | Tagged: ATROs, beneficiaries, crossover, divorce, Estate Planning, legal separation, trusts, wills | Comments Off
Economic espionage sounds somewhat exciting and maybe even a bit sexy. Kind of a James Bond of the business world. But the consequences are hardly glamorous for anyone involved.
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Update: The verdict is in and Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murdering her daughter. Her defense counsel was clearly not incompetent after all! Casey Anthony is on trial for her life in a Florida courtroom for the murder of her young daughter. Could her inexperienced attorney’s courtroom missteps actually be part of a [...]
Filed under: Criminal Law, Legal Topics | Tagged: Casey Anthony, death penalty, ineffectiveness of counsel, Sixth Amendment rights | 3 Comments »
You’ve probably heard of the tragic case of Bryan Stow, a Giants fan who was severely beaten after a game at Dodgers’ Stadium. But you may not know about a very similar incident that occurred in the 1980s. The Dodgers were able to dodge liability for the beating back then, but it remains to be [...]
Filed under: Civil Litigation, Legal Topics, Real property | Tagged: baseball teams, Bryan Stow, Dodgers, Dodgers Stadium, Frank McCourt, premises liability | 1 Comment »
A client comes into your office claiming that a deep pothole or obscured signage at an intersection caused a car accident in which she was injured. Or maybe the family of a bicyclist comes to you claiming that dangerous road conditions contributed to her fatal crash. Would you know how to analyze the situation to determine whether [...]
Filed under: Civil Litigation, Legal Topics, Public Law, Tort Law | Tagged: dangerous condition of property, government tort, public entity | 2 Comments »
I am very excited about my newest YouTube video — an interview with Jon Heywood, a CEB’s Publications Attorney and one of the editors of CEB’s new book Crossover Issues in Estate Planning and Family Law. This crossover book is so important because issues involving the family often extend into the estate planning area. For example, [...]
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We hear about arraignments in the context of celebrity arrests all the time. Maybe we have some vague idea of what it is from law school criminal procedure class. But as many attorneys venture outside their usual practice areas in search of work, it’s a good time to bone up on arraignments.
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