Now that New Jersey courtrooms are Wi-Fi enabled, trial lawyers with wireless laptops have a distinct edge: the ability to Google prospective jurors at the counsel table. An appeals court has given its blessing to the practice, reversing a trial judge who told a lawyer to disconnect.

If you lack the ability or budget to create load files suitable for e-discovery review, or the intended recipient does not have the facilities for document review, dtSearch Publish can create in five easy steps a production set that can be viewed by anyone, says consultant Bruce A. Olson.

A woman lawyer cannot sue her firm for sex discrimination if her status as a shareholder and director gives her the ability to participate in firm governance and a percentage of firm profits, the 3rd Circuit has ruled. The federal appeals court found that Alyson Kirleis, as a Class A shareholder, was unable to qualify as an employee under the multifactor test created by the U.S

The National Law Journal’s 2010 Midsize Hot List shows the agility of law firms with 50 to 150 attorneys in ducking the recession’s blows — or at least bouncing back more quickly than many big-firm competitors.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that the Constitution’s “right to keep and bear arms” applies nationwide as a restraint on the ability of the federal, state and local governments to substantially limit its reach.