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November 02, 2005 |

Certificate Survives 'Retroactive' Application Challenge

A certificate of merit is required in malpractice lawsuits even when the alleged malpractice occurred prior to the effective date of the rule mandating the certificates, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled. Since Jan. 27, 2003, the state Supreme Court has required plaintiffs in professional negligence cases to submit an affidavit verifying that an expert certified the case as meritorious. The panel held that the plaintiff "misconstrued" the concept of retroactivity as it applied to the rule.
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September 15, 2004 |

What's in a Name?

A Pennsylvania man who quit his executive post at a hybrid corn seed company founded by his grandfather has been barred from using his own last name for a competing seed company now that a federal judge has ruled that the family name is entitled to trademark protection due to its fame in a niche market. The judge also found that Taylor Doebler had misappropriated trade secrets and barred his company from marketing seeds sold by Doebler's Pennsylvania Hybrids Inc.
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March 31, 2003 |

On the Move

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October 19, 2006 |

Reporters Not Required to Turn Over Computers to Pa. Attorney General

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has blocked state Attorney General Tom Corbett's effort to force newspaper reporters in Lancaster, Pa., to turn over their computers in connection with an investigation of alleged leaks from the Lancaster County coroner to local media. A six-justice majority agreed that forcing the journalists to cede their entire hard drives would be akin to asking them to hand over their filing cabinets and could have a "chilling effect" on sources providing confidential information.
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November 10, 2006 |

McNees Wallace & Nurick Installs New Managing Attorney

Harrisburg, Pa.-based McNees Wallace & Nurick has moved the chairman of its energy, communications and utility law group into the managing attorney position. David M. Kleppinger, who has been with the firm since graduating law school in 1980, has taken over the firmwide position for Steven J. Weingarten. The 120-attorney McNees Wallace is relatively new to the Lancaster and State College markets in Pennsylvania, and Kleppinger says one of his goals is to focus on growth in those areas.
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May 13, 2005 |

Pending State Court Case No Bar to Federal Lawsuit

Pending state court litigation over the validity of an insurance policy is no bar to a federal suit over the same policy if it raises distinct issues under ERISA that could not be litigated in the state court, a federal judge has ruled. At issue in both suits is about $200,000 in unpaid medical bills and the validity of an employee health insurance policy.
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