New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Source: Lexology, September 16, 2008. New DOJ attorney-client privilege rules don't apply to SEC Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP "The U.S. Department of Justice will no longer allow its prosecutors to pressure corporate executives to disclose privileged documents"
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Source: Lexology, July 18, 2008. Sixth Circuit applies balancing test in retaliation case involving an employee's disclosure of confidential documents Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP "A recent Sixth Circuit decision addressed the issue of whether the disclosure of confidential, proprietary documents by an employee to her attorneys constitutes a protected activity for which the employee cannot be...
Thompson Ahern E-News (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
Les Glick, esq., of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP , addresses attendees at The Offshore Group’s Manufacturing in Mexico Summit. The event took place in Saltillo, Coahuila in October of 2007. An overview of benefits and competitive advantages of the U.S. Customs C-TPAT program (much of this will also apply to the modernized version of the CBSA’s Partners in Protection program).
Bill Peschel (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
B orn today: Howard Garis, journalist, children's author, Binghamton, N.Y., 1873; Walter de la Mare, poet, novelist, anthologist, Charlton, Kent, 1873; Maud Hart Lovelace, children's author, Mankato, Minn., 1892; Edward R. Murrow, journalist, broadcaster, Greensboro, N.C., 1908; Ross Lockridge Jr., novelist, Bloomington, Ind., 1914; Paul Mazursky, screenwriter, playwright, director, Brooklyn, 1930;...
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 17/03/2008
Source: Lexology, March 17, 2008. SEC Regulation S-P privacy amendments Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP "In an effort to stop identity theft and intrusions into online brokerage accounts, the SEC has proposed amendments to Regulation S-P to provide more specific requirements for protecting personal information."
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/02/2008
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of nanotech products, including foods, medicines and medical devices, now have reached the market, and their number will grow exponentially...
Inter Alia (Free subscription) | 13/02/2008
The Columbus, Ohio firm of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur is talking about employment law issues at the Employer Law Report . Several members of the firm's Labor and Employment Group are reporting on recent legal developments and trends affecting employers.
Bill Peschel (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
B orn today: Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective, North Yorkshire, England, 1854; Carl Sandburg, poet, historian, novelist, folklorist, Galesburg, Ill., 1878; Khalil Gibran, poet, Bsharri, Lebanon, 1883; Kathryn Hulme, novelist, San Francisco, 1900; Wright Morris, novelist, critic, photographer, Central City, Neb., 1910; Alan Watts, philosopher, Chislehurst, England, 1915; E(dgar) L(awrence) Doctorow,...
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 08/11/2007
Source: Lexology, November 8, 2007. Due diligence in use of open source software - benefits and pitfalls Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP "Do you know what open source software is?"
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 07/10/2007
Here's our complete story from today's Herald-Leader on the ethics investigation of Steve Beshear's former law firm, Stites & Harbison. By Ryan Alessi RALESSI@HERALD-LEADER.COM A conflict of interest by Steve Beshear's former law firm was "detrimental" to rescuing the financially crippled Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co., and Beshear failed to disclose key information to the state official overseeing...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 06/10/2007
A conflict of interest by Steve Beshear’s law firm was “detrimental” to saving Kentucky Central and Beshear failed to disclose key information to the state official overseeing the process, a confidential legal ethics report says. The investigation report — released at noon today after being locked away for 12 years — says Beshear, the Democratic candidate for governor, didn't participate...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 05/10/2007
A memo prepared by the firm of Frost & Jacobs (now known as Frost Brown Todd) in October 1995 hints that the report that looked into the ethics of Stites & Harbison, Democratic candidate Steve Beshear's former firm, could be critical. That report will be released Saturday, per a judge's decision. In the meantime, here is an excerpt from Friday's...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 04/10/2007
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear's former law office filed a motion in court yesterday aimed at discrediting an investigative report that reviewed a conflict of interest the firm's attorneys had during the liquidation of Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co. The Herald-Leader has sought the release of that report, which was prepared by the Cincinnati firm of Porter, Wright, Morris &...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 30/09/2007
Gov. Ernie Fletcher's campaign has launched a new commercial attacking Democratic challenger Steve Beshear over his role in representing the liquidation of Kentucky Central Life Insurance. The ad criticizes Beshear for his former law firm earning $21 million in legal fees on the liquidation while hundreds of employees "lost their jobs." It also notes that Beshear was temporarily removed from...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 25/09/2007
By Ryan AlessiRALESSI@HERALD-LEADER.COM FRANKFORT -- The court-appointed liquidator of Kentucky Central at one point barred Steve Beshear from doing further work on the case and informed Beshear that his law firm would have to pay for an ethics investigation, documents show. This comes after Beshear, the Democratic nominee for governor, has repeatedly claimed he didn't recall anything about a secret...
