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Commercial tort claims as collateral

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2012

For those of you who have always wondered what a "commercial tort claim" is, and what to do when you have one, today's the day you'll get your answer

In Re Grand Jury, No. 12-1697 (3d Cir. May 24, 2012)

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 13 2012

A federal district court’s order that a corporation produce documents to a federal grand jury despite objections that the materials are protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine, and that the documents are held by the corporation’s outside attorneys cannot be immediately reviewed by a federal court of appeals, unless the corporation first willfully defies the order by refusing to produce and is held in contempt by the district court

Kim Kardashian following in the footsteps of Jackie O?

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 25 2011

Jackie O, Better Midler and Vanna White are leading ladies who paved the way in “look alike” and “sound alike” lawsuits

'Fair Share Act' brings proportional fault to Pennsylvania, dramatically altering the law of joint and several liability

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 1 2011

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett signed Senate Bill No. 1131 (known as the "Fair Share Act") into law Tuesday, June 28, dramatically limiting defendants' exposure to joint and several liability in negligence cases

Attorney-client privilege is a two-way street in Pennsylvania

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2011

On February 23, 2011, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided Gillard v AIG Insurance Company

MySpace and Facebook: where your information is made public and your private information is made discoverable

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 27 2011

If you're like most individuals who frequent social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, you probably believe that adjusting your privacy setting to "private" means that nobody will have access to your webpage without your permission

Out of order: without an objection, non-testimonial, prejudicial courtroom conduct can escape scrutiny

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2009

During the hustle and bustle of trial, a lawyer must focus on a variety of things - jury selection, motions in limine, instructions, trial briefs and other pleadings, exhibits, and of course, examination of witnesses

Supreme Court denies review of 5.35-to-1 ratio for punitive damages

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 28 2009

On May 26, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari to review a decision from the Supreme Court of Tennessee that upheld an award of punitive damages for over $13 million dollars, which amounted to a 5.35-to-1 ratio of punitive damages to actual damages