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Every lawyer knows that their practice is generally limited to states where they are members of the bar. Want to move across state lines to lay out a new shingle? Pray that your new state bar has a reciprocal recognition agreement with your old one, or get ready to sit for the bar exam again. But what about cases that simply reach across jurisdiction, like advising a client who is buying a vacation home out of state or expanding their business in multiple jurisdictions?...

Action for Health Insurance Overpayments In Quality Infusion Care, Inc. v. Health Care Serv. Corp., No. 09-20188, an action by a non-contracted healthcare provider to defendant health insurance policyholders, the court affirmed summary judgment for defendant where defendant had a contractual right under all three plans to privately deduct overpayments it had previously made to plaintiff from subsequent claims it was obligated to pay plaintiff. Related Resources Read the Fifth Circuit’s Decision in Quality Infusion Care, Inc....

As much as we love bestowing FindLaw Top Dog honors on deserving jurisprudential pups, we’re not going to award Rosco, the canine subject of today’s Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision, with our coveted designation. That’s because we don’t want to reward Rosco’s Orlando police handlers for using excessive force. (Rosco, this hurts us more than it hurts you. Really.) This week, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that Officers Bryan Shanley and Justin Levitt were not entitled to qualified immunity after they permitted Rosco to attack a suspect, who was not resisting arrest, for five to seven minutes....

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. In a recently issued press release, Rescuecom states, with respect to its long-running lawsuit against Google, that it “can finally declare victory in its effort to protect how its trademark ‘Rescuecom’ is treated on Google’s search engine.” As a consequence, Rescuecom has dismissed its lawsuit. But was this a true “victory” for Rescuecom?...

U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Perry was found dead on Sunday. He would have turned 90 this week. Perry, appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, was one of the first black men from the South appointed to a federal court. He was still serving as a senior U.S. District Court judge for South Carolina at the time of his death....

If you’re like the grand majority of the rest of the populace, the very idea of spring cleaning is repugnant to you. You like a clean working environment, but thinking about cleaning places is a weight on your spirit. Fortunately, spring cleaning is like many things: the hardest part is getting started. Once you begin, you’ll find that you get a lot more done than you thought possible. To get you started, here’s a list of tasks to accomplish this spring....

Sometimes, it seems like the English have to tell Americans what they’ve been missing. Like rock and roll. While Chuck Berry was playing juke joints in the United States, the Beatles were bringing the sound to the Ed Sullivan Show. Now it’s the tech show. London-based firm Allen & Overy has opened up its office space for 60 entrepreneurs to develop technologies for the law firm and other businesses. It’s an approach that is going to make some American firms wonder, “Why didn’t we think of that?...

Working from a wheelchair, trial lawyer Carol Steinberg strained to hear the judge as she met in a sidebar with opposing counsel. She could not see the judge because of the elevated bench, and instead sat face-to-face with a wooden panel. “As I stared at that wood in front of me, with the angry voice of my opponent and the obliging voice of the young judge above, I had one recurring thought: Maybe it’s time to do something else,” she recalled....

A number of unavoidable expenses go into running your own business. Maintaining the most efficient computer system for your needs is one of them. We went from writing by hand, to typewriters, to PCs, to talking to our computers all within a century. Technology is moving fast and nobody expects it to slow down. This isn’t to say you need to be on the cutting edge of tech – you just need to keep your head above the water....

Many lawyers are still unaware of some of the basic steps behind the procurement of digital evidence. In many ways, the basics are not too different from typical civil discovery – it’s just that the medium is different (and more impermanent). Here are some tactical considerations you should keep in mind next time you want to get your hands on your opponent’s evidence. And remember, discoverable evidence is a much bigger set than admissible evidence....

At FindLaw, thankfully, we have editors. Without these editors, my five or six posts per day would be plagued with improperly capitalized Courts [sic], extraneous apostrophe’s [sic], and shifting tenses left over from rapid revisions. (Editor’s Note: Well, we try.) You don’t have an editor. For important court documents, you may have a paralegal or associate around to review your briefs, but for quick emails, blog posts (always have someone review your posts), and other urgent matters, it’s easy to skip the proofreading and leave the mistakes intact....

Jackson v. Cal-Western Packaging Corp., No. 09-20411, was an age discrimination action in which the district court granted summary judgment for defendant-employer. As the court wrote: “Jackson brought suit against Cal-Western for age discrimination. His claim primarily relied on a remark Phelps allegedly made to another coworker in 2006 that Jackson was an “old, gray-haired fart” and that the coworker would be in charge when Jackson retired. Cal-Western moved for summary judgment....

President Trump fires his attorney general for refusing to defend his immigration ban; a lawyer is jailed for peacefully protesting at the inauguration; and hundreds of lawyers are in the cross-hairs for assisting immigrants at the nation’s airports. Unless you work for the president, you might be feeling a little paranoid about what could happen to you if you cross the line. Oh wait, that’s right. He fired his top attorney....

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod recently asked whether the Department of Homeland Security is watching you. It is, if you’re inclined to believe DHS’ 2011 Privacy Compliance Review. That report included details about DHS’ “Social Networking/Media Capability.” Agents routinely monitor “publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites and message boards.” Just last week, that monitoring got two British tourists deported. Leigh Van Bryan, 26, and Emily Bunting, 24, were detained by Homeland Security after passing through customs at Los Angeles International Airport....

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. Is it possible that a Cyber attack against the United States emanating from another country be considered a potential act of war? Yes, according to the Pentagon, The Wall Street Journal reports. This means that the United States might be enabled to mobilize military force in response to certain Cyber attacks. This reportedly is part of the Pentagon’s first formal Cyber strategy....

In Grossmith v. Noonan, No. 09-1900, the First Circuit faced a challenge to the district court’s judgment in favor of the defendants in plaintiff’s civil rights suit against two police officers arising out of his arrest for shooting his neighbor’s dog. In affirming the judgment, the court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that both parties had made the dog’s appearance relevant to the case and admitting the photograph as the photograph of the dog, properly authenticated, was useful to the jury in evaluating the credibility of defendant’s testimony and that of others....

Foxwordy. It’s like a totally new concept – a social network for lawyers! You can privately collaborate, grow your reputation, and build your business! It’ll allow you to “dramatically accelerate your workflow” and “improve your professional reputation.” Dear God. It’ll even “expand your referral network” and “much more.” Even the tagline is cringe-worthy: “The smartest lawyers in one place.” My fellow writer Gabriella is taking a wait-and-see approach, citing the world’s skepticism of Twitter in 2008, but I’m willing to call it now: “this is horrible, this idea....

In the sci-fi movie Minority Report, Tom Cruise has his eyes removed in a gross scene that you cannot unsee. So don’t watch it just because of this movie reference. But there is another part of the movie that you can’t ignore. In the future, the movie shows how companies will be able to track us and push custom-tailored ads at us wherever we go. There is no escape from the Big Brother ad man....

Maybe you want to give your poor, carpal tunnel-riddled hands a break from typing. Maybe you’re composing a memo on the go. Maybe you just like the sound of your own voice. Whatever the case, you now have more options for getting your words down on paper – or screen. You’re in luck. On Wednesday, Google announced that it was adding voice typing to Google Docs. Now, instead of pecking at the keyboard, you can simply dictate your thoughts and watch them be transcribed into a document....

When hackers breached Symantec’s security systems, the company was left in a bind. That’s why they tried to offer $50,000 in exchange for their stolen code. The hackers had taken source code from the company’s PCAnywhere and Norton Antivirus software. The break-in was severe enough for the company to call for consumers to disable PCAnywhere last month. After all, if the source code was made public hackers could try to expose vulnerabilities in Symantec software....