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Cell phones and client confidentiality
Theresa E. Loscalzo and Alexander S. Helderman
You wouldn’t take to the airwaves to discuss your client’s
case, but by using a cellular telephone, you may be doing just
that. The authors offer guidelines to avoid spilling client
confidences into an unintended ear.
Filing court documents electronically
Interview with Jim McMillan
You may be able to spare a tree—and some heavy lifting—by
filing court documents over the Internet. Proponents are hoping
electronic filing will improve efficiency in courts and law
offices and save court clerks from burial beneath reams of paper.
In this interview, the director of the National Center for State
Courts’ Court Technology Laboratory talks about how electronic
filing may cut the paper chase.
Bugged by viruses?
Althea T. Kippes
Understanding computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and time
bombs can help you prevent unauthorized access to your computer
and protect your confidential information. The author offers
tips for keeping your computer system in good health.
Home work
Rebecca Porter
Taking work home from the office now requires more than just
a briefcase. Lawyers surveyed by TRIAL tell how they use technology
to work just about anywhere. When it comes to getting work done,
there may be no place like home.
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Features
Falling merchandise
Jeffrey A. Hyman and Molly E. Homan
More than prices are falling at retail warehouse stores. Thousands
of people have been injured or killed by falling merchandise,
from doors and hot water heaters to televisions and pet supplies.
The authors discuss how courts are holding retailers accountable
for putting customers at risk.
Limiting the testimony of legal
experts
Kathryn E. Barnett
Should lawyers be experts? Especially in commercial cases,
lawyers and other legal professionals are often called as expert
witnesses to testify about legal standards.What they say can
be prejudicial and confusing. Here’s advice about how to
limit such potentially devastating testimony.
Sexual harassment cases: lessons
learned
Katherine L. Butler
Winning a sexual harassment suit can be rewarding, but it can
be tough. The author speaks from experience about pursuing a
case, from evaluating a client’s claim to choosing theories
of liability.
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News & Trends
Hate in the crosshairs: Lawyers, legislators
battle hate crimes
School’s ‘zero-tolerance’
weapons policy violates student’s due process rights
ALI publishes first restatement on legal
ethics
Eighth Circuit declares citation ban
unconstitutional
Sixth Circuit rules federal child support act unconstitutional
Sexual orientation protected from forced
disclosure, Third Circuit holds
Plaintiff shot by federal employee using
agency-issued gun can sue U.S. government
Many students sexually harassed at school,
study finds
Juror studies show bias, discontent
Departments
President's page
Moving forward
Washington focus
Amending the Constitution
Speaking & writing
Will the Bluebook sing the blues?
Supreme Court review
Shrinking federal powers
Good Counsel
Discoveries
Quotes
Books
A People’s History of the Supreme
Court
by Peter Irons
Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter
and the American Justice System
by Paul Wice
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