The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) requires district attorneys to pay for the phone records they subpoena, the Seventh Circuit held on April 12. Landline phone companies bill for outgoing calls only. The system for generating and retaining this information ...
Read More »Defendant's attorney failed client in federal gun possession case
A defense attorney’s failure to dispute multiple counts of illegal firearm possession amounted to ineffective counsel, found the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, after ruling the temporary police possession of a gun later returned to the felon did not ...
Read More »New FTC rule requires businesses to destroy consumer credit info
All businesses, including law firms, will soon be required to destroy any consumer credit information they have obtained from credit reports, under a new rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission. The disposal rule – which was issued pursuant to ...
Read More »Nerves of steel required for job interviews
The day of a job interview is often as nerve-racking for the interviewer as it is for the candidate, and determining whether an applicant is a good fit isn’t always easy. For a successful interview to occur, preparation is required ...
Read More »7th Circuit gives the go-ahead in suit against the EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency cannot avoid litigation with continuous study of an Indiana Superfund site, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held earlier this month. The appellate court decision, which comes as a reversal to the district court, gives ...
Read More »7th Circuit finds Supreme Court's ruling in Crawford v. Washington not retroactive
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held April 7 that even though the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Crawford v. Washington adopted a new rule for Confrontation Clause objections, the rule does not apply retroactively. Sandra Lison was murdered ...
Read More »GeoEngineers acquires Missouri drilling firm
Seattle-based GeoEngineers has announced that the firm has opened an office in Springfield, Mo., by acquiring Advantage Professional Services Inc., a firm specializing in Horizontal Directional Drilling technology. The acquisition supports GeoEngineers stated goal of continuing to advance into various ...
Read More »Verbal withdrawal of consent leads to remand in adoption case
The reversal in an adoption case was great but the birth mother’s attorney would have rather not had the remand. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District agreed with Kansas City attorney Kim Carrington that the statutes don’t demand a ...
Read More »E-construction finally gaining converts, building momentum
When talking about using the Internet to improve the efficiency of a construction project, extremes rule. Take the e-construction view of Mark Coudron, vice president of Minneapolis-based Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., which last year did 600 projects valued at $800 million: ...
Read More »ABA urges Congress to simplify the tax laws
The American Bar Association has urged Congress to step up its efforts to simplify the nation’s tax law by repealing the individual Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). In testimony before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Kenneth ...
Read More »Wrongful termination case against Enterprise heads back to court
A former Enterprise Rent-A-Car executive might sleep better knowing he made a submissible case illustrating wrongful termination for refusing to violate securities regulations and public policy, but because he did not point to the law the leasing company allegedly violated, ...
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