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Pennsylvania Trial Judges Can Now Dismiss Charges Against Permanently Incompetent Defendants

Posted On Monday, December 5, 2022

Takeaway: A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision gives trial judges the ability to dismiss charges against mentally ill defendants who will never be found competent to stand trial. In 2009,...

Opinion: Increase in Jail Death-Rate Reveals Underlying Systemic Flaws

Posted On Tuesday, November 29, 2022
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The United States familiarly calls itself the “land of the free,” and holds itself out as a bastion of due process and civil rights. Yet, America’s jails are guilty of the worst forms of human...

Elizabeth Holmes’ Sentence Brings Into Focus The Troubles Plaguing Our Culture Of Incarceration

Posted On Tuesday, November 22, 2022
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There has been tremendous buzz surrounding the recent sentencing of Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes to 11.25 years in prison. Some have argued that, in light of the life sentence suggested by the...

Making Expert Disclosures live up to their Name: The Amended Rule 16

Posted On Monday, November 21, 2022
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Takeaway: The substantive amendments to Rule 16 address many of the criticisms of the prior rule, making it a more effective discovery device. This December, a significant Amendment to Rule...

Flint and the Fifth Amendment: Deposition Testimony Does Not Always Compel Trial Testimony

Posted On Monday, November 14, 2022

Takeaway: A federal appeals court held that a witness does not waive their Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination at trial by giving deposition testimony in the same case. In a...

U.S. Supreme Court to Address Attorney-Client Privilege in Tax Case

Posted On Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Takeaway: The Supreme Court is expected to clarify the question of whether attorney-client privilege applies in “dual-purpose” communications in situations where law firms provide clients...

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Pennsylvania Trial Judges Can Now Dismiss Charges Against Permanently Incompetent Defendants

Opinion: Increase in Jail Death-Rate Reveals Underlying Systemic Flaws

Elizabeth Holmes’ Sentence Brings Into Focus The Troubles Plaguing Our Culture Of Incarceration

Making Expert Disclosures live up to their Name: The Amended Rule 16

Flint and the Fifth Amendment: Deposition Testimony Does Not Always Compel Trial Testimony

U.S. Supreme Court to Address Attorney-Client Privilege in Tax Case

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