Sandisk, the multi-billion dollar company, that is the king of electronic storage devices, was just hit with $150,000.00 fine for losing emails related to litigation its involved in with two former employees. The case Harkabi v. Sandisk is a warning to all companies not to destroy e-documents if there is any threat of litigation and [...]
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At this time of year, I always think about the new class of lawyers coming to their new jobs at the end of the summer, which also means that those who are already in their legal jobs for a few years will get slowly pushed up the ladder. When I was at Corporation Counsel (The [...] A Long Island father who had joint custody of his children will now only get to see them via Skype, because of a judge’s ruling allowing the mother of the children to relocate to Florida. It’s a sad tale with no winners, folks. The Bakers married in 2000 and divorced in 2008. Since then, both [...] I get all of the populist sentiment in favor of Steven Slater, the Jet Blue emergency chute, “I can’t take it anymore” guy. I really do. Flying is annoying, people on airplanes are annoying, being a flight attendant is a thankless job, especially with a no-frills airbus company like Jet Blue. I have read all [...] They say you should never discuss religion and politics among friends and family but who cares what “they” say anyway? Today’s NY Post’s front page, which I saw yesterday in the deli, reads: “Mike’s Mosque Mania.” I’ll summarize the article so you won’t have to bother to read the Post: The author chastises NYC [...] Just wanted to add an update on this issue. In the judge’s decision, it states that Coca-Cola did not contest the facts about VitaminWater but instead argued that no reasonable consumer could be mislead into thinking that VW was healthy because -and here is the kicker- they claim that Coke never promoted it as a [...] I don’t usually write about pending cases, but I had to just tell everyone about my latest clients. They are two Midwestern school teachers, husband and wife, who decided to supplement their income by running a kids’ party company in the summer. They bought all of the old inflatable items of a defunct party company [...] |
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