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October 08, 2007 |

Law Journal: Discrimination Against Mothers and Families At Work

When a woman is asked in a job interview if she�s married or has kids, can she make a discrimination claim?
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June 01, 2007 |

Pair of Partners Depart Saul Ewing for Cozen O'Connor, Klehr Harrison

Saul Ewing lost one lifer to Cozen O'Connor this week and lost another partner in mid-May to his old firm, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg & Ellers. Suzanne S. Mayes is leaving after nearly 16 years to co-lead Cozen O'Connor's public and project finance group. Mayes was persuaded by the firm's commitment to growing the practice and the chance at management, she said. Domenic Pacitti has left Saul Ewing after a six-year stint to rejoin Klehr Harrison as a partner in the bankruptcy practice.
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April 12, 2007 |

The Finer Points of Farming Out Work

Farming out legal work is a delicate balance of personal and professional relationships, budget management and hunting for first-class legal expertise. At many companies, the prevailing mindset is: the bigger the firm, the better the representation. Though legal work often flows to the largest law firms, companies don't always lock into one full-service megafirm for all their legal needs. There's room for solo practitioners to carve a niche, even with some big-name businesses.
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July 25, 2007 |

Edwards Campaign Leads the Pack in Contributions From Lawyers

Lawyers and law firms dropped another $13 million into the coffers of the 2008 presidential campaigns during the second quarter of the year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Since the start of the year, the legal industry has contributed $27.5 million to the campaigns, 66 percent of which has gone to three Democratic candidates: former Sen. John Edwards, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama. Edwards, a trial lawyer, continues to lead in lawyer contributions.
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July 21, 1999 |

Judge: Jury Should Decide Some ADA Cases If Treatment Doesn't Fully Control Disability

Employing a narrow reading of the recent Supreme Court cases on defining disabilities, a federal judge has held that corrective measures, such as eyeglasses, act as a bar to filing suit under the ADA only when they "fully control" a person's impairment. Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas N. O'Neill said that sometimes the plaintiff cannot meet the ADA's definition of "person with a disability." But in other cases, the answer may be less clear and the court may need to send the question to a jury.
4 minute read
January 28, 2004 |

Former U.S. Judges Enter Fray Over Guantanamo Detentions

Three former federal judges from New Jersey have filed U.S. Supreme Court briefs opposing the detention, without judicial review, of 660 men at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
6 minute read
May 31, 2006 |

Eight Wrongful Death Suits Allowed to Continue

Eight Wrongful Death Suits Allowed to Continue Eight wrongful death lawsuits against a Lehigh County hospital will proceed after a trial court judge ruled the plaintiffs should have a chance to prove the hospital concealed a nurse's alleged murders of their loved ones.
3 minute read
October 17, 2005 |

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August 03, 2010 |

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Addition Joseph Cagnoli Jr. has joined Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney 's Philadelphia office as a shareholder.
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August 11, 2010 |

Court Allows Testifying Doctors to Rely on Third-Party Records

Jeffrey S. Siegel, a partner at Bruno, Gerbino & Soriano, and Mitchell S. Lustig, an associate at the firm, write that in a recent decision that is an obvious boon to the New York no-fault insurer, the Appellate Term, Second Department, expressly allowed a peer review doctor to testify based upon review of medical records prepared by third-party providers that were not in evidence, despite the hearsay objections of the plaintiff's counsel.
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