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Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Feb. 8
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Feb. 7
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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In Redistricting Challenge, GOP Leaders and Lawyer Say Use of Old Maps Is Invalid
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 6, 2012
Another federal challenge to the state Supreme Court?s handling of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission?s final plan has been filed, this time by Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware, House Majority Leader Michael Turzai, R-Allegheny, and a Philadelphia-area attorney.
Valuation Issues in Shareholder and Partnership Agreements
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 6, 2012
Several years ago, four recent college graduates joined together and formed a small software company. Over the course of a few years, the company thrived and grew, eventually attracting the attention of a certain software giant. The software giant offered the four entrepreneurs $100 million for their company. One of the four was eager to sell, but his fellow shareholders were not. Eventually, the deal fell through. Following this, the eager-to-sell shareholder became dissatisfied with his fellow shareholders and, shortly thereafter, quit his job. In accordance with the shareholder?s agreement, he demanded payment for his 25 percent ownership in the company. What he received was a check for $375,000 instead of the $25 million he expected. As a result, costly litigation ensued.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Feb. 6
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Monday, February 6, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Feb. 3
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Friday, February 3, 2012
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Pennsylvania Litigation Departments of the Year Contest
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, February 2, 2012
We at The Legal are in the process of conducting our first Pennsylvania Litigation Departments of the Year contest, which will have two distinct portions ? a general contest to award the top department in general litigation, as well as a contest to determine the top specialty practice departments.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Feb. 2
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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When Are Jurors' Sense of Fairness at Odds With the Law?
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
While presenting at a CLE seminar with a panel of litigators and judges about the psychology of jurors, I presented a piece of data I had collected over the years to the crowd. In my research, I have asked thousands of jurors to answer this question: In a trial, is it most important that the jury makes a decision that a) follows the rules set by the judge, or b) the jury believes is fair? While most of the lawyers on the panel were not surprised, some of the judges were no less than dismayed to see that 61 percent of the folks surveyed indicated it is more important that the jury makes a decision it believes fair.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Feb. 1
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Prosecutors Seek Out-of-County Jurors For Sandusky Trial
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Prosecutors have asked the Centre County Common Pleas Court to bring in jurors from outside of the county, while not moving the site of the trial, to decide the case of embattled former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 31
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 30
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Monday, January 30, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 27
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 26
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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Reporter's Notebook: Same Evidence, Very Different Theories in Phila. Church Sex-Abuse Case
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 25
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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Accepting Nominations for Pro Bono 'Unsung Heroes'
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 24
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 23
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 20
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Friday, January 20, 2012
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Appeals of Interlocutory Orders - Part 1, Pa. R.A.P. 341(c)
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 19
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 18
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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It's the Little Things: Preventing Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Your Company
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 17
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 13
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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Location, Location, Location - D.C. is Where It's At
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 12
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 11
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 10
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 9
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Monday, January 9, 2012
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A Legal Resolution: Healthy Lawyers, Clients and Law Practices
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 6
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Friday, January 6, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 5
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
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Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 4
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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Should Graduating College Students Attend Law School?
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Jan. 3
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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People-Watching and Dancing Machines
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, December 23, 2011
I love people-watching ? I practically majored in it in college. It is not just the voyeuristic pleasure of spying on people that I enjoy, but it is also the insights into human behavior you can derive from an afternoon sitting on a park bench.
PHA Adds New Deputy General Counsel
The Legal Intelligencer
The embattled Philadelphia Housing Authority has completely restaffed its office of general counsel by hiring two deputy general counsels this week.
Normalization of Income: Where Business Valuation Meets Forensic Accounting, Part 2
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
To value a closely held company, the valuator usually employs forensic accounting skills, such as keen interviewing techniques, the determination of whom to interview and understanding that often, listening is more important than speaking.
At Issue: State Governments Interfering With Law School Clinics
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Foot-in-Mouth Media Interviews by Clients in High-Profile Cases
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Dec. 14
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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Why Building and Enforcing Stigmas Hurts the Entire Independent Attorney Movement
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, December 12, 2011
Mandatory Mediation Clauses: Can You Make the Horse Drink?
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, December 12, 2011
November Rain: Business Vignettes From a Lawyer Who Has Peeked Into Hundreds of Offices
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, December 2, 2011
Racing To Teach Kids Young, But How To Pay for It?
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Parts Ways With U.S. Supreme Court on Collateral Order Appeals
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Normalization of Income: Where Business Valuation Meets Forensic Accounting, Part 1
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Superior Court Adopts Broad Protections for Attorney-Expert Communications
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Centre County Bench Recuses from Sandusky Case, Cleland Appointed
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Legal Marketing and Social Media Best Practices: Part I Ethics
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
I recently had the pleasure to present "The Ethics of Social Media Marketing for Law Firms" with Paul Kazaras, of the Philadelphia Bar Association, for the Delaware Valley Law Firm Marketing Group.
Legal Marketing and Social Media Best Practices: Part II Policies
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
In Part I of Legal Marketing and Social Media Best Practices, I discussed Understanding the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Bad-Faith Protection Does Not Insulate Insurers From Paying Provider Attorney Fees
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled in Herd Chiropractic Clinic v. State Farm Mutual that an insurer who followed the peer review process to deny payment of medical expenses under the state Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL) was nevertheless required to reimburse the challenging provider for its attorney fees after the court also found the treatment at issue was determined to be reasonable and necessary.
The Quick Fix: Can Settlement Be Reached at a Three-Hour Mediation?
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, October 28, 2011
We all can recall the settlement conference with a judge or magistrate judge that took three hours and seemed endless. So it is reasonable to ask whether settlements can be accomplished in a three-hour mediation, particularly since most court-mandated mediation is scheduled for just three hours. Judicial settlement conferences, however, are different than mediations in that judges have leverage over the parties.
How Much Does Home Field Advantage Really Matter?
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Unfortunately, the answer to this broad-based question requires the answer that is most unpopular when given by jury consultant.
Law Schools - Did the Needle Fall Off the Ethical Compass?
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The recent reports about law schools misreporting the LSAT scores of the incoming class and the job successes of new graduates raise a concern about their ethics and the obligation of those schools to provide ethical education.
Appeals of Interlocutory Orders by Permission
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, October 21, 2011
The procedures for securing appellate review of an interlocutory order appealable only by permission are set forth in Pa. R.A.P. 1311, et seq. The procedures implement 42 Pa.C.S. §:702(b) of the Judicial Code, which authorizes interlocutory appeals by permission.
Judge Kelly Defines the Contours of Bad-Faith Delay Claims
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, October 21, 2011
Several months ago, Senior U.S. District Judge Robert F. Kelly of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania provided some insight and important analysis of bad-faith delay claims. In the case, Tomer v. Allstate, plaintiff Nancy Tomer filed a bad-faith claim against Allstate arising out of Allstate's handling of her UIM claim. The claim included cognitive brain injury claims and some additional injury claims, including a claim of three fractured teeth made almost three full years following the accident. In addition, Tomer made claims of psychiatric injury as well.
U.S., U.K. Lawyers Spar Over American Revolution at Inn of Court
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, October 20, 2011
After Tuesday night's light-hearted debate between Temple American Inn of Court and Gray's Inn, London, it is clear that time heals all wounds.
Discovery of Hidden Assets
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, October 17, 2011
In divorce proceedings and certain types of commercial litigation, counsel may suspect that the opposing side has hidden some assets.
The Candy Dish
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, October 14, 2011
My mother had it all worked out in her head.
N.J District Court Prevents Disability Rights Organizations from Observing Students with Disabilities in the Classroom
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, October 13, 2011
A collection of statewide agencies that have sued the New Jersey Department of Education and the New Jersey State Board of Education for systematically failing to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Act have met a roadblock in their efforts to build their case
A Law Firm Brochure is Never Enough for Lawyer Marketing
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
I often advise lawyers to document the frequently asked practice-area focused questions they receive in order to draft meaningful articles or blog posts for their public relations efforts.
Think Different: What the Legal Community Can Learn From Steve Jobs
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, October 7, 2011
Southeast Pa. Democrat Joins State Attorney General's Race
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, September 26, 2011
Daniel McCaffery, an unsuccessful candidate in 2009 for Philadelphia district attorney, former Philadelphia assistant district attorney, and shareholder with Friedman Schuman, announced his candidacy for the Office of Attorney General Monday.
Fee Awards: Have Judges Separated Themselves From Practice Realities?
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, September 26, 2011
Contributor Anthony Volpe looks at the trend of recent decisions in which judges have granted fee awards, but have been critical of the number of attorneys that contributed to the matter under consideration or the hours expended in the representation.
Jury Analysis: When Common Sense Isn't so Common
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, September 23, 2011
Jury analyst Melissa M. Gomez explains why you may want to think twice before telling jurors to use their "common sense" in deliberating your next trial.
Reporter's Notebook: More on Koken & Auto Accident Law
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, September 22, 2011
In a talk Tuesday given to the Philadelphia Association for Defense Counsel, Louis E. Bricklin, a defense attorney with Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg in Philadelphia, provided more insight on the unsettled nature of this area of law.
Written Expert Reports - Retaining Counsel Assistance and Proofreading
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Citrin Cooperman's Joseph Barbagallo offers an extension on a previous article, focusing on the potential disadvantage of an expert significantly relying upon counsel's assistance in the editing and proofreading of his/her report.
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Just the Beginning for Former Pa. Congressman
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Former U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., made his rounds today to media outlets to discuss Tuesday's official repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy regarding gays in the military.
Successful Rainmakers Stay the Course
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, September 19, 2011
Contributor Kimberly Alford Rice explains why frustration and lack of response is no excuse; taking proactive, consistent steps to build and strengthen professional relationships is imperative to developing a solid practice.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Sept. 16
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Friday, September 16, 2011
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Fairness Commission Calls for Improvements in Indigent Defense
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Pa. Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness is working with the state Supreme Court to increase diversity among the lawyers who are appointed to represent indigent criminal defendants, said the commission's report released today.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Sept. 15
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
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Using LinkedIn to Build Professional Relationships
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Blog contributor Gina F. Rubel expounds on the professional benefits of having a LinkedIn profile. For those readers who do not (or do not maintain it regularly), it's time to get with the program.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal (and Delaware!) - Sept. 14
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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Three Local Firms on 'Best Law Firms for Women' List
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Three Pennsylvania firms can be found among the top 50 law firms nationally for women to work. Ballard Spahr, Drinker Biddle & Reath and Fox Rothschild were named to the list, compiled by Flex-Time Lawyers and the National Association for Female Executives.
Buchanan Ingersoll Raises First-Year Salaries Too
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has edged up the starting salaries for its Pennsylvania first-year associates. The firm had paid $100,000 in Pittsburgh and $110,000 in Philadelphia last year. It will increase those figures to $105,000 and $112,500, respectively, for 2011.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal (and PLW) - Sept. 13
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
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Back to School for the Legal Industry?
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, September 12, 2011
New blog contibutor Julia Claire wonders, with all the changes to the legal profession in the last few years - will there be a generation of 'lost' lawyers? Maybe it's time the profession considered going back to school.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Sept. 12
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Monday, September 12, 2011
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A Note on Our Special Sept. 11 Issue
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, September 9, 2011
A few weeks ago, editor Jaime Bochet wrote a post on this blog asking you, our readers, to tell me where you were 10 years ago, on Sept. 11. Your responses poured in, flooding Jaime's in-box and repeatedly touching a nerve that for many of us is still painfully raw.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Sept. 9
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, September 9, 2011
Today is a little bit different here at The Legal Intelligencer, and your paper looks different too. This won't be your usual round-up of news stories, because today's coverage is devoted almost entirely to commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
K&L Gates Opens Qatar Office
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, September 8, 2011
K&L Gates said Thursday that it has opened an office in Doha, Qatar. The new location, the 38th for the Pittsburgh-based firm, will be the second location in the Middle East.
Fresh Ink: Inside Today's Legal - Sept. 8
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
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Barely Legal: 'Lessons I Learned During Last Month's Earthquake'
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Blog contributor 'Barely Legal' reviews a few interesting observations that came to light after experiencing the recent East Coast earthquake.
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