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By Lizzy McLellan | June 8, 2017
Terry Mutchler, the former executive director of Pennsylvania's Office of Open Records and a former Pepper Hamilton lawyer, has joined forces with a public affairs consultant to launch a new law firm.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 8, 2017
Iris Jones of McNees Wallace & Nurick was selected as Executive of the Year 2017 by the Legal Sales and Service Organization at its 2017 annual RainDance Conference in Dallas.
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By Meghan Tribe and Brian Baxter | June 8, 2017
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a firm familiar with high-profile bankruptcy engagements, took on a Chapter 7 case this week for The Pearl Theatre Co., a longtime off Broadway acting troupe in New York City. But Weil also scored a more lucrative assignment for an oil services company.
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By Zack Needles | June 8, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to consider overturning 26-year-old precedent that bars legal malpractice claims following a settlement, absent an allegation of fraud.
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By Michael Booth | June 8, 2017
A federal judge has ordered a Pennsylvania doctor and her husband to pay Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. $1.87 million in fee sanctions and counterclaim damages in a discrimination lawsuit that was deemed to have been lodged in bad faith.
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By Miriam Rozen | June 8, 2017
Houston's Susman Godfrey, which jolted the market last year when it hiked starting associate salaries to $190,000, just crammed another lure on its hiring hook: a $25,000 signing bonus.
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By Michael Monyok | June 8, 2017
Online threats such as cyberterrorism and hacks are the new normal for businesses of all sizes. It's a matter of when, not if, these issues arise.
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By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | June 8, 2017
In our last column we reported on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding, 137 S. Ct. 973 (2017). In that decision, the court ruled a bankruptcy court may not order a structured dismissal of a Chapter 11 case that provides for estate assets to be distributed in violation of the Bankruptcy Code's distribution scheme. The decision was widely discussed by bankruptcy practitioners, in part because there are a number of common practices in Chapter 11 that also distribute estate assets in violation of the bankruptcy code's distribution scheme.
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By Commentary by Ruben Conitzer | June 8, 2017
In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that a litigant seeking to intervene under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure needs to meet the requirements of Article III standing—but needs to do so only if the intervenor is pursuing relief not requested by a plaintiff, writes Ruben Conitzer.
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By Katelyn Polantz | June 8, 2017
Among the throngs of suits gathered to watch James Comey Jr. testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, there was a notable absence: A personal lawyer at the former FBI director's back. But partners from a pair of Am Law 100 firms are said to be counseling Comey.
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