Litigation

Navy Files First Criminal Charges In “Fat Leonard” Scandal

An active-duty commander has been formally charged by the Navy with heading up a massive fraud scheme. The Navy has […]

Sessions Latest To Retain Personal Lawyer

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, one of President Trump’s earliest supporters, is the latest member of the administration to retain a […]

Ballard Spahr Attorneys Get A Grandmother’s House Back

Civil forfeiture has been a lucrative revenue source for law enforcement in some U.S. jurisdictions for decades, surviving a drumbeat […]

Keep Your Third-Party Communications Privileged

In crises ranging from a cyber breach to allegations of bribery, companies have become increasingly reliant on third party forensic […]

Feds May Block Pacer To Protect Snitches

In the last three years, nearly 700 witnesses and informants have been threatened, wounded, or killed, leading the federal judiciary […]

SCOTUS: Social Media A Constitutional Right

A 2008 North Carolina law preventing registered sex offenders from accessing social media sites violates the First Amendment, the U.S. […]

Supreme Court Upholds Trademarks’ Right To Offend

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cannot deny trademarks they deem “disparaging,” the Supreme Court ruled this week. The Court […]

Fugitive Lawyer’s Clients Targeted In Scam

First, his clients watched Kentucky lawyer Eric Conn flee the country to avoid sentencing in a fraud scheme. Then they […]

Supreme Court Limits Where Companies Can Be Sued

The Supreme Court has again ruled to limit plaintiff venue-shopping, ruling that state courts cannot hear claims against companies that […]

Lawyer’s Presence Made Firing Deliberations Privileged

The presence of an in-house lawyer on a company’s “Termination Review Committee” was enough to render the committee’s deliberations privileged, […]

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