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Dram Shop Case May Proceed Backed by Circumstantial Evidence
Dram shop litigation against an establishment that serves alcohol may proceed, even without direct evidence that it served an intoxicated patron, a Lawrence County judge has ruled.
Questions About Witness Testimony Vacate Death Sentence
A Delaware Superior Court judge has ruled that convicted murderer Steven Shelton should be removed from death row. The judge is set to resentence him later this fall on lesser charges connected to the crime after it was revealed the state’s star witness against Shelton was tainted and may not have been competent to testify.Litigation in the Internet Age
A recent ethics opinion by the New York City Bar Association's Committee on Professional Ethics is the latest example of how computers and the Internet have changed the practice of law. The committee said that neither a lawyer nor someone working for her could resort to false pretenses, "trickery" or deception — such as creating a phony Facebook account and "friending" a potential witness — to obtain evidence from a social networking site.
Could You Survive a Social Media Background Check?
Some legal experts warn employers that if they turn to social media sites to find out more about potential employees, it could lead to inadvertent discrimination based on characteristics that, by law, should not be considered as part of the hiring process.
In Revenue Race, Pa. Firms Lag in Recession Recovery
A mature U.S. legal market coupled with a dip in demand for legal services in the latter half of 2011 makes for a difficult climate to grow something many law firms lost millions of in the last few years — revenue dollars.
Judge Grants Motion to Bring Penn State's Lawsuit to Phila.
A Philadelphia judge has decided to bring a lawsuit filed by Penn State against its insurance company to Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, after the insurer had filed its own lawsuit in the First Judicial District and the university countered with a separate action on its home field.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Starts Optional E-Filing
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court took the next step into the information age last week when electronic filing became an option.
Legal Aid Faces Midyear 10 Percent State Funding Cut
After Gov. Tom Corbett ordered a freeze of nearly $160 million in state spending earlier this month and requested a freeze of almost $66 million from independent governmental entities, civil legal services for Pennsylvanians too poor to afford their own lawyers are facing a 10 percent cut, or $274,000, in state funding.
2011: A Year of Opinions on Legal Technology
We're an opinionated bunch here at LTN online. David Snow, ALM's editorial director of technology, opened the floodgates and in poured the commentary as he launched the site in "Welcome to the New 'LTN' Online," with the words of Benjamin Disraeli: "The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form tomorrow." And we've strived to bring to legal technology a diversity of viewpoints on a variety of content, taking notes on a field in which the only constant is change. ... [MORE]Judge Rules No Right to Privacy for Business Entities, Unsealing Record
A Washington County judge, holding there is no constitutional right to privacy for business entities, has unsealed the record in a case in which three drillers settled a suit brought by a couple for about $750,000 before a complaint was even filed.Trending Stories
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