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News
- MS&K "Power Lawyers" Among Hollywood's 100 Fiercest Advocates July 16, 2010
- The Hollywood Reporter has named Russell Frackman, John Schulman and William Cole to its 2010 "Power Lawyer" list of attorneys "most influencing the entertainment business."
- Wachtler Helps Nonprofit Provide Support for Rwandan Rape Victims July 14, 2010
- Same Sky, a nonprofit artisan collective established by filmmaker Francine A. LeFrak with legal assistance from MS&K partner Lauren J. Wachtler, was featured in a recent New York Law Journal article. Established in 2008, Same Sky "provides secure income from jewelry-making jobs for Rwandan rape victims." Says Wachtler, "I'm a lawyer trying to build a dream."
- MS&K Named to National Law Journal's "Midsize Hot List" July 12, 2010
- MS&K is among 20 firms from across the U.S. to have been named to the National Law Journal's recently released 2010 "Midsize Hot List" of firms that "demonstrated what it takes to get ahead" and "the ability to snag big clients by delivering specialized services."
MS&K Alerts and Legal Updates
- Supreme Court Upholds Reasonable Searches of Employee Text Messages July 2010
- The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld a city police department’s search of an officer’s text messages sent and received on his department-issued pager because there was a legitimate reason for it, and the scope of the search was reasonable. In this unanimous decision, the Supreme Court overruled the Ninth Circuit, which had held that the search violated the officer’s privacy because a supervisor has made an exception to the department’s written policy.
- Compliance by Charities With the California Professional Fiduciaries Act July 2010
- Charitable organizations operating in California should be aware of a law that was recently enacted in California. The law's scope is broad and could have a significant impact on charities that provide trustee services for various types of trusts, including charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and pooled income funds.
- CPSC Issuing Its Own Detention Notices June 17, 2010
- Effective June 14, 2010, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Comission (CPSC) has started using detention notices for possible violations of its laws and regulations rather than leaving that function in U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) hands, as in the past. If there are both CPSC and CBP violations asserted, an importer will receive a separate notice from each agency. At this time, CPSC has yet to explain on what authority it will be issuing the detention notices instead of CBP, but this could be a blessing in disguise. First, CPSC staff have made clear their intention to be specific about the reasons(s) for the detention, rather than CBP’s more vague explanations, e.g., "admissibility" or "CPSC." Second, given the complexity of consumer product safety issues, it is really only the CPSC staff which is knowledgeable, so why not deal with them directly? Here is how the Commission hopes this process will work.
Publications
- Gold Explores Ramifications of Indiana Decision on Security Systems Industry May 4, 2010
- In the April 1st issue of Security Distributing & Marketing, MS&K Corporate Practice Chair Les Gold's article, "Overlooked Coverage is Costly" appears.
