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November 30, 2010 |

Law Firms Identified by Corporate Clients

The following is a list of law firms identified by corporate clients as reported in Pennsylvania as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
7 minute read
January 02, 2001 |

Non-Lawyers' Collection Demands Result in Class Action Settlement Against Firm

A Philadelphia law firm has agreed to pay more than $450,000 to settle a federal class action suit brought by consumers who said the firm used unfair and deceptive practices in collecting debts -- including sending out letters from non-lawyers that threaten the filing of a lawsuit. The settlement is close to the maximum the class could have won at trial.
4 minute read
August 16, 2011 |

Parties Agree to $1.6 Mil. After School Allegedly Misled Students

The parties in a qui tam False Claims Act case reached a $1.6 million settlement last month, following a whistleblower's allegations that an educational institute owned by The Washington Post Co. failed to provide its students with an externship that it required students complete in order to graduate.
4 minute read
February 24, 2006 |

Bartender Awarded $300,000 in Defamation Case Against Former Boss

A Philadelphia jury has returned a $300,000 award in a defamation action brought by a former Capital Grille bartender who had been fired for sexual harassment and claimed his ex-boss subsequently spread a rumor around town that the bartender had been fired from every job he ever had for sexual misconduct.
6 minute read
November 30, 2010 |

Largest Firms by City (Harrisburg)

The following is a list of the largest law firms in the city of Harrisburg ranked by the number of full-time attorneys asreported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
3 minute read
August 24, 2007 |

Suits & Deals

Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey.
4 minute read
October 08, 2009 |

$36 Mil. Agreement Reached in Montco Apartment Fire

Less than 14 months after a devastating apartment building fire in Conshohocken, Pa., left scores of residents homeless, lawyers unveiled a global settlement worth more than $36 million that will resolve all property damage and insurance claims.
3 minute read
October 31, 2000 |

Philadelphia Jury Awards $5.75 Million to Widow Of Cabbie Who Had Heart Attack at Airport

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $5.75 million to the widow of a cab driver who suffered a heart attack in the Philadelphia International Airport taxi holding lot in May 1996 and waited 25 minutes for emergency response. The jury awarded Carolyn W. Lyons $4.75 million in compensatory damages and an additional $1 million in punitive damages against defendant Parkway Corp.
3 minute read
March 09, 2010 |

Lawyers Looking to Reform Rule for Arbitration Appeals

It's a procedural rule designed to benefit both plaintiffs and defendants in litigating appeals from arbitrations. But in nearly seven years since Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1311.1 was created, questions about its implementation have emerged as the rule is put into effect in the real world.
6 minute read
February 27, 2006 |

Bartender Awarded $300,000 in Defamation Case Against Former Boss

A Philadelphia jury has returned a $300,000 award in a defamation action brought by a former Capital Grille bartender who had been fired for sexual harassment and claimed his ex-boss later spread a rumor around town that the bartender had been "fired from every job he ever had for sexual misconduct." Legal observers say the case is noteworthy because of the emphasis on emotional injuries rather than economic losses. The verdict included $200,000 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages.
6 minute read

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