<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="0.91"><channel><title>TheLegalIntelligencer.com</title> <link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/index.jsp</link> <description>Updated daily</description> <language>en-us</language> <lastBuildDate>02/11/2008</lastBuildDate> <copyright>Copyright 2006 ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved.</copyright> <docs>http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml</docs> <image><title>TheLegalIntelligencer.com</title> <url>http://www.law.com/img/pa/alert/pa_rss.gif</url><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/index.jsp</link> </image><item><title>Ending the Retirement Blues</title><description>Operating under the belief that 70 really is the new 50, a number of retired attorneys and judges have discovered a cure for post-retirement restlessness: Keep working.</description><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1202570636268&amp;rss=pa</link></item><item><title>$4.1 Million Fees Award Upheld in Class Action</title><description>The state Superior Court has upheld $4.1 million in plaintiffs' attorney fees awarded by a Philadelphia judge in a Kia Motors faulty-brake class action.</description><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1202570636438&amp;rss=pa</link></item><item><title>City Hall Corruption Prosecutor to Join Pepper Hamilton</title><description>Pepper Hamilton's lateral hiring has created a domino effect of departures as colleagues follow the path to Two Logan Square.</description><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1202469637636&amp;rss=pa</link></item><item><title>Munley Leaves Ballard Spahr, Joins Eckert Seamans</title><description>Eckert Seamans Cherin &amp; Mellott has recruited another partner from Ballard Spahr Andrews &amp; Ingersoll to help bolster its intellectual property law presence in Philadelphia.</description><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1202570636303&amp;rss=pa</link></item><item><title>Prenuptials May Waive Distribution of Pensions</title><description>In an issue of first impression, the Superior Court has determined that parties to antenuptial agreements can waive their rights to equitable distribution of the marital portion of pension plans that are subject to ERISA.</description><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1052440839039&amp;rss=pa</link></item><item><title>Gay Bias Case Fails, But Judge Approves 'Stereotype' Theory</title><description>Gay male workers who claim they were harassed on the job have so far had little success when suing for sex discrimination under Title VII on a theory that they were targeted because they failed to live up to the stereotype of what it means to be a man.</description><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1052440839027&amp;rss=pa</link></item><item><title>Chester Water Auth. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Comm'n</title><description>The Public Utility Commission erred in granting a certificate of public convenience to one water company without holding a hearing, because a competing water company raised issues of material fact through its averments that it had significantly lower rates and that it maintained a water supply line adjacent to a certain tract of land. Vacated and remanded.</description><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1052440839031&amp;rss=pa</link></item><item><title>Contractor's Right to Recover Attorney Fees Clarified</title><description>The Pennsylvania Superior Court has shed light on the right of contractors to recover their attorney fees under a somewhat novel provision of the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act. The court held that the contractor could not recover attorney fees because it was not the substantially prevailing party under Section 512 of the Contractor and Subcontractor Act. It ruled that recovering only 40 percent of the contractor's original claim was not substantial. (Bridges PBT v. Chatta (Pa. Super. March 25, 20</description><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1052440839019&amp;rss=pa</link></item><item><title>Place Finisher Age Time</title><description>Place Finisher Age Time</description><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1052440839015&amp;rss=pa</link></item></channel> </rss>