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December 06, 2004 |

Lay Members of Discipline Board Loathe Leniency

When the Disciplinary Review Board was created in 1978, some lawyers disliked the idea that three of its nine seats were reserved for lay members. No one but another lawyer could appreciate the intricacies and pressures of practice, and nonlawyers would tend toward unnecessary harshness, the argument ran. It turns out the objectors had a point. The voting patterns of lawyers and lay people on the board suggest big differences in how the two groups view those who appear before them.
7 minute read
March 17, 2000 |

Elk County Jurors Return Largest Verdict When Awarding Burned Engineer $2.75 Mil.

A Pennsylvania jury handed down a record verdict in rural Elk County, awarding more than $2 million to an electrical engineer who suffered third-degree burns over 30 percent of his body in an electrical explosion. For plaintiffs' attorney Robert G. Bauer of Abraham Bauer & Spalding, the verdict is not only a great result but a vindication of his decision to try a case that seemed to have several strikes against it -- a rural jury, a plaintiff of foreign descent and several local companies as defendants.
4 minute read
February 13, 2006 |

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

4 minute read
January 25, 2003 |

Asbestos Litigation Is a Crisis Spiraling Out of Control

Stated simply, the main problem associated with asbestos litigation is that the litigation is simply too cost prohibitive for affected businesses and, at the same time, legitimate victims injured by exposure to asbestos either cannot get their day in court or are not being compensated fairly. This article focuses on the history of asbestos litigation in this country and the costs associated with the litigation.
11 minute read
September 01, 2006 |

Temporary Solution

the $16 billion merger of SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp. represented a high-water mark in the legal cattle call known as document production. Some 600 contract attorneys converged in Washington, D.C., to work on the SBC side of the deal, where the telecom giant's antitrust counsel, Crowell & Moring and Arnold & Porter, ran a massive antitrust regulatory review. A few hundred more in Chicago labored for Sidley Austin at AT&T's behest.
17 minute read
January 24, 2013 |

Speeding up Foreclosures on Abandoned Residential Properties

In an attempt to assist with resolving the foreclosure crisis or, at least, expediting the foreclosure process in New Jersey, on Dec. 6, 2012, Gov. Chris Christie signed into law an act permitting lenders to file a summary action to expedite the foreclosure process if the property at issue is deemed vacant and abandoned residential property.
7 minute read
February 06, 2013 |

Sen. Rockefeller Hears CEO Support for Cybersecurity Legislation

Ask CEOs from the Fortune 500 for their thoughts on cybersecurity legislation and, if you're Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), you shall receive.
3 minute read
May 24, 2013 |

Inadmissible

Short takes on lawyers, firms and judges.
5 minute read
January 30, 2006 |

On the Move

4 minute read

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