On a petition for Writ of Mandamus, the Texas Supreme Court handed down its opinion in In re Weekley Homes, L.P., a case involving electronic discovery. While the opinion, itself, demonstrates some of the pitfalls of discovery in the trial practice, Justice O’Neill’s summary of the proper procedures for electronic discovery make the case a […]
One of the most popular articles making the rounds of the law blogosphere today is the New York Times’s Downturn Dims Prospects Even at Top Law Schools. The article reports on the “bizarre new reality” facing law firms who have been pummeled by the economy, but who have tried to keep up appearances with first-year […]
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently vacated Greg Reyes’s conviction for backdating stock options and ordered a new trial. The court vacated Reyes’s conviction on the basis of prosecutorial misconduct in jury argument. Reyes, the CEO of Brocade Communications of San Jose, was charged with several criminal counts for falsifying corporate books […]
