Top Headlines Friday, March 12, 2010

Local Attorneys Help Students Explore Real and 'Reel' Law

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.

New Supervision Model Helps FJD Weather Probation Officer Shortage

Although the First Judicial District's budget has fallen by $15 million since 2008, it has been able to avoid layoffs because of the attrition of court staffers from their jobs.

3rd Circuit Asked to Clarify Student Internet Speech Cases

Cutting-edge questions in the First Amendment arena have recently stemmed from clashes between students and school districts over the limits -- if any -- that may be imposed on speech posted on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook.

Rottweiler Attack Nets Woman $1.9 Million

A woman who suffered arm injuries after being attacked by a rottweiler in Chester County settled for a combined $1.9 million between the dog owner and the distributor of a tether cord the dog allegedly broke free from right before the attack.

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Litigation

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

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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

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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.

COMMENTARY

A Defense of 'Reconstructing Reality'

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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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