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January 05, 2004 |

Ethics Limits on Law Firms Top List of New Issues on Appeal to High Court

Two of the latest appeals accepted for review by the state Supreme Court are about ethical restrictions on law firms. In one, the court is being asked to allow limited no-compete clauses in partners' retirement agreements. The other deals with litigation conflicts created when judicial clerks join firms.
7 minute read
January 04, 2013 |

Ex-Fumo Prosecutor Set to Join Teva As Senior Counsel

Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Pease, one of the prosecutors in the high-profile federal corruption case against former state Senator Vincent Fumo, has announced he is leaving the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania after nearly 16 years to join Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries as senior counsel in charge of government investigations for North and South America.
4 minute read
October 14, 2013 |

Panel: OK to Let Jury Sort Out ER Negligence Standard

As the Georgia Supreme Court wrestles with when to apply a heightened negligence standard for medical malpractice cases against emergency room personnel, a panel of the state Court of Appeals has approved a trial judge's decision to let a jury figure it out.
7 minute read
March 01, 2006 |

Ethics and Outside Attorneys

When it comes to working with outside counsel, it pays to be mindful of various ethical issues that can arise over billing, staffing and other matters.
6 minute read
December 29, 1999 |

The FAA's Co-Pilot

When American Airlines recently admitted violating federal laws and agreed to pay an $8 million fine, the action wasn't prompted by the Federal Aviation Administration. The outcome was part of a rare criminal case brought by South Florida's U.S. attorney's office against the country's number two airline. The move marked a new focus for the office, which in some ways is moving into a role historically preserved for the FAA that of airline safety regulator.
6 minute read
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September 28, 2010 |

Two Years Later, Witness Intimidation Case Against Attorney Dropped

The two-year legal odyssey of Arienne Irving, the New York defense attorney who faced life in prison for her alleged role in a violent plot to intimidate witnesses on behalf of a Guyanese drug kingpin, is officially over. Without giving an explanation, the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office withdrew its appeal Monday of Judge John Gleeson's decision to throw out a jury verdict convicting Irving of six felonies. Irving's co-defendant and former boss, Robert Simels, is serving a 14-year sentence in a federal prison.
5 minute read
March 10, 2008 |

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

HonoredThis month Philadelphia VIP recognizes Michael Eidel, a partner of DLA Piper, as "volunteer of the month" for his outstanding volunteer assistance to his VIP clients. Eidel represents VIP clients in civil forfeiture cases.
3 minute read
September 03, 2009 |

Broken-Nosed Fan Assumed Injury Risk During Pregame Warm-Up, N.Y. Judge Finds

Every baseball fan -- or at least every attorney who follows baseball -- knows that under the doctrine of assumption of the risk a team is not liable for fans injured by, say, foul balls or broken bats. Now, in a suit filed by a New York fan whose nose was fractured by a bat during a Brooklyn Cyclones pregame, a New York judge has ruled that the doctrine also extends to a bat "propelled" by a player either "warming up" or "horsing around."
4 minute read
July 15, 1999 |

Telecom Merger Conditions Cause Stir

Telecommunications attorneys are buzzing about the conditions that the Federal Communications Commission's staff proposed June 29 regarding the merger of regional phone companies SBC Communications and Ameritech. The merger conditions, which must be approved by the full Commission, are the most far-reaching and potentially expensive of any imposed on merging phone companies. If the conditions are approved, some telecom attorneys worry that it will be even more difficult to get mergers through the FCC.
6 minute read

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