control-group test. A method of determining whether the attorney–client privilege protects communications made by corporate employees, by providing that those communications are protected only if made by an employee who is a member of the group with authority to direct the corporation’s actions as a result of that communication. • The U.S. Supreme Court rejected […]
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Equal Access to Justice Act. A 1980 federal statute that allows a prevailing party in certain actions against the government to recover attorney’s fees and expert-witness fees. Pub. L. No. 96-481, title II, 94 Stat. 2325 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 5, 15, and 28 USCA). — Abbr. EAJA. [Cases: United States 147.
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recess (ree-ses), n. 1. A brief break in judicial proceedings (the court granted a fifteen-minute recess so the attorney and plaintiff could confer). Cf. CONTINUANCE(3). [Cases: Criminal Law 649; Trial 26. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1155; Trial§ 113.] 2. Parliamentary law. A motion that suspends but does not end a meeting, and that usu. provides
McCarran Act. A federal law requiring, among other things, members of the Communist party to register with the Attorney General and requiring Communist organizations to provide the government with a list of members. • The Act was passed in 1950, during the Cold War. Over the years, the U.S. Supreme Court declared various portions of