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    Local Attorneys Help Students Explore Real and

    Local Attorneys Help Students Explore Real and 'Reel' Law Subscription Required

    Local attorneys are sharing their personal experiences to help educate La Salle University students on the connection between the law in real life and the law on film.

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    Defeating Daubert Challenges: Tips for Getting Expert Evidence to a Jury

    It has been 17 years since the U.S. Supreme Court set the federal evidentiary standard for scientific evidence in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical case where the issue was the causal nexus between the injury and the drug. The decision was an effort to separate mere speculation from reliable science.

    Bankruptcy Update

    Pleading Fraudulent Conveyance: Be Specific or Face Dismissal

    Quick sales and litigation have become the mainstay of most recent business bankruptcy proceedings. In the typical case, the debtor's assets are sold off within the first few months and the proceeds are used to pay down secured debt. Next, unpaid creditors pursue litigation in an effort to develop additional sources of recovery.

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    A Defense of 'Reconstructing Reality'

    In the Jan. 25 "Ethics Forum" of the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, Samuel Stretton drew what he termed a "bright line" about the content of witness preparation sessions and said unequivocally that witness preparation "should not involve helping the witness to re-construct what occurred." Having coauthored an article titled, "Reconstructing Reality -- Preparing the Deponent to Testify," Litigation, Fall 1988, at 19, we disagree.

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