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August 29, 2002 |

New Trial Granted in Wrongful Termination Case

A new trial has been granted in a wrongful termination case where a jury awarded $1.1 million to a small postage machine dealer that alleged its dealership could only be terminated for cause based on an oral agreement with a manufacturer/distributor. Montgomery County, Pa., Judge Arthur R. Tilson granted the new trial in Gemini Business Machines v. Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems last week.
5 minute read
June 06, 2005 |

PI Firm Wins First Round in PAC Suit

Attorneys in a small personal-injury firm in Austin took on a political action committee tied to U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and won -- at least the first round. Senior District Judge Joe Hart's May 26 ruling in Paul Clayton, et al. v. Bill Ceverha, et al. is the first in the highly publicized political controversy over the alleged illegal use of corporate contributions in the 2002 state legislative races.
7 minute read
June 08, 2009 |

Tax havens lobby to keep their names out of the law

A bill that would create a list of foreign tax havens, and give the U.S. Treasury Department new tools to impose sanctions on them, has set off an intensive lobbying push by locales that don't want to be named in the legislation.
6 minute read
April 08, 2013 |

Plaintiffs Score a Pair of Wins in Social Media Decisions

Two Pennsylvania courts have recently denied defense motions asking for access to plaintiffs' private social media pages, apparently evening the social media scoreboard and giving plaintiffs some much-needed case law to counter a trio of opposing decisions.
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August 16, 2011 |

Disciplinary Order To Show Cause — Katrina F. Wright

Notice to the bar.
2 minute read
April 02, 2007 |

Employment Litigation Enlightenment

For general counsel, employment litigation is about money. The legal department pays it to the company's outside lawyers to defend or settle suits or to satisfy a judgment. The cycle grinds on: Money goes out but doesn't come in, and a company is no better off after suit than before.
6 minute read
June 13, 2008 |

Judge bars Pa. woman from contact with Michael Jordan

A judge has barred a Pennsylvania woman from contacting Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, his family or his representatives.
1 minute read
September 09, 2005 |

Appellate Law: State Court Remands

A central issue in many lawsuits is whether the case will be litigated in state or federal court. This issue typically arises when the plaintiff files suit in state court, the defendant removes the action to federal court, and the plaintiff then moves to remand the case to state court. As Mark I. Levy writes, because of a unique statutory scheme that precludes appellate review of remands in many instances, the district court is often the court of both first and last resort.
8 minute read
January 30, 2012 |

Divided Circuit Upholds Sentencing Enhancements in Sex Conviction

A man who enticed a 15-year-old girl online, lied to her about his age, went to Connecticut for a sexual rendezvous and then brought her to New York for more sex was appropriately assessed three, two-level sentencing enhancements, the Second Circuit held.
4 minute read

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