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Attorney-Client Privilege
Business Crimes Bulletin
This article examines two issues that can arise when a company and its former officer or director are adverse to each other and one seeks access to potentially privileged documents of the other.

What the Subprime Crisis Could Mean for Your Company
The Corporate Counselor
The continuing economic crisis, driven in large measure by the subprime mortgage meltdown, is affecting major segments of the economy. The Department of Justice is considering creating a task force, much in the same way the Bush Administration created the Corporate Fraud Task Force in the aftermath of the Enron failure.

Supreme Court Makes It Easier For Employers to Sue for Retaliation
Employment Law Strategist
In a pair of workplace discrimination cases, the Supreme Court on May 27 made it easier for workers to sue employers who retaliate against them for reporting bias.

e-Speech Is Looking Like Free Speech With More Than Just Some Letters Missing
e-Commerce Law & Strategy
Recent court decisions, congressional legislation and foreign governmental self-help actions appear to be aimed at transforming the new millennium’s icon of free speech — the Internet — into a source of semi-free speech.

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The Impact of the Internet on Strict Product Liability Law
Strict product liability emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a potent force shaping the way product manufacturers do business in America. Although the relevant common law of each state has been modified from time to time since its inception, the basic parameters of the theory have been settled for some time. Now, however, market conditions are changing dramatically, and the law is likely to change with it.

Practice Tip: Congress Expected to Strengthen Consumer Product Safety
With more than $2 trillion of imported products entering the United States every year, consumer product safety is receiving more attention than ever from the government, consumer protection groups, safety advocates, and the media.

Danger Ahead
The word "caution" should be the watchword when taking on a dual The act of "defending the witness’ interests" by taking on his/her limited representation may leave counsel with real ethical dilemmas and even perhaps a legitimate disqualification motion.

Pharmaceutical And Medical Device Litigation
Part One of this article described some general principles regarding the concept of fraudulent joinder and the patchwork of conflicting definitions and procedures for analyzing fraudulent joinder that has developed in the Circuit Courts. This conclusion offers strategies for defeating fraudulent joinder.

Predominance Requirement for Class Certification
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the district court’s certification of a class action by smokers alleging they were deceived by the defendant tobacco companies’ marketing of so-called light cigarettes as a healthier alternative to regular, or "full-flavored," cigarettes.

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