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Committee of 70 Calls for Freezing Quarter Sessions Budget

Posted on April 15, 2010
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff Ahead of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions budget hearing in the Philadelphia City Council next week, the government watchdog group Committee of Seventy has called for the city to halt funding for the...

Abraham's Thoughts on Philadelphia Courts

Posted on April 12, 2010
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff When former Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham last week discussed with The Legal how prosecutors should vet proposed criminal charges, she had a lot more to say than could be fit into a...

So Easy, Even a Philadelphia Lawyer Can E-File

Posted on April 08, 2010
By Charlotte E. Thomas I recently spoke to the Honorable D. Webster Keogh again, the Administrative Judge of the trial division, Court of Common Pleas, with the help of Mike Meehan of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott. This time, we...

Tips for Lawyers from Legal Marketing Experts, Part 3: Increase Exposure / Ross Fishman

Posted on April 06, 2010
In my last post, I shared my Twitter stream covering the presentation by Deborah Knupp, partner of Akina Corporation, who addressed Business-Development Tactics to Increase Your Competitive Advantage at the 2010 Legal Marketing Association(#LMA10) Annual Conference in Denver...

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Hertz So Good: High Court Clarifies the Meaning of a Corporation?s ?Principal Place of Business?

Posted on April 05, 2010
By Ryan J. Fleming In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court recently issued a decision clarifying the ?principal place of business? clause of the federal diversity jurisdiction statute, which provides that ?a corporation shall be deemed to be a citizen...

Supreme Court Releases Changes to Municipal Court

Posted on April 05, 2010
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff The state Supreme Court has issued orders today that will make several changes in Philadelphia Municipal Court. The orders include those issued under Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille's authority and those that required...

Oprah and Me: Understanding Public Opinion in High Profile Cases

Posted on April 01, 2010
My 2.5 Minutes of Fame By Melissa M. Gomez A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewed by the Philadelphia Fox News station regarding the Oprah Winfrey defamation trial (before it settled, of course). The topic was about whether Oprah...

A Blog That Mentions Both Trusts and Estates Law and Hooters

Posted on March 31, 2010
By Robert H. Louis A recent news report indicates that an effort will be made to sell or recapitalize the restaurant chain Hooters, as a result of a family dispute over the will of the majority owner of the business....

Organized Labor Gets Their Men

Posted on March 30, 2010
By Eric B Meyer, Special to The Legal Organized labor is jumping for joy. President Obama announced recently that he would recess appoint Craig Becker and Mark Pearce to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Becker and Pearce will fill...

GenCounsel Adds Seven Local Attorneys to Practice

Posted on March 29, 2010
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff GenCounsel, a legal services company started in 2009 to provide outsourced general counsel services, added seven attorneys to the two-person start up. GenCounsel was co-founded by Steven J. Feder and John E. Parker,...

Tips for Lawyers from Legal Marketing Experts: Part 2 Competitive Advantage

Posted on March 23, 2010
In my last post, I shared my Twitter notes from James A. Durham?s 2010 Legal Marketing Association (#LMA10) Annual Conference program, Establishing a Goal-Oriented Client-Development Business Plan. Jim is the chief marketing and business development officer with McGuireWoods LLP (and...

K&L Gates Gets its Name in Lights

Posted on March 22, 2010
Photo by Nate Raymond By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff K&L Gates closed down its Pittsburgh office at the Henry W. Oliver building Thursday at 6 p.m. and re-opened Monday at 7 a.m. about a block away in the...

Are You Asking Your Witnesses The Right Questions?

Posted on March 22, 2010
ne of the biggest lessons I learned about witness preparation happened when I was just starting out as a jury consultant. I was working on a pharmaceutical patent case in which expert witness testimony was critical. The trial team brought...

Tips for Lawyers from Legal Marketing Experts: Part 1 Biz Dev

Posted on March 15, 2010
Last week, I had the pleasure to present on public relations and marketing ethics at the 2010 Legal Marketing Association (#LMA10) Annual Conference in Denver. (Note: #LMA10 is the Twitter hash tag we used to generate conversation, share tips and...

Stevens & Lee Adds China Corporate Practice, Panitch Schwarze Adds Dept. Head

Posted on March 12, 2010
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff This week has brought news of lateral moves in the intellectual property and corporate worlds. On Wednesday, Stevens & Lee said it picked up securities lawyer William W. Uchimoto and his China practice...

Greenspan Joins JAMS

Posted on March 10, 2010
By Shannon P. Duffy U.S. Courthouse Correspondent The market for mediators and arbitrators just added another star to its sky with the announcement that former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Jane Cutler Greenspan is joining the Philadelphia office of JAMS...

Montco Litigation Boutique Merges With N.Y. Firm, Moves to Phila.

Posted on March 10, 2010
By Zack Needles Of the Legal Staff Daller Greenberg & Dietrich, a nine-lawyer Conshohocken-based litigation boutique, will merge with 25-lawyer Rochester, N.Y., litigation firm Ward Norris Heller & Reidy on April 1, the firms have announced . The new 34-lawyer...

Nigro's Tax Dispute Sent to Federal Court

Posted on March 09, 2010
By Shannon P. Duffy Of the Legal Staff Russell M. Nigro, the former state Supreme Court justice, is now a tax protester and is serving as the lead plaintiff in a proposed class-action suit that challenges the assessment imposed on...

Judge's Recusal Sought in Berry's Civil Fraud Case

Posted on March 08, 2010
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff The plaintiff in the lawsuit in which a jury awarded $190,000 in damages against a Philadelphia judge found liable for civil fraud of a former client has sought the recusal of out-of-town Senior...

Miller Announces Retirement as Clerk of Quarter Sessions

Posted on March 08, 2010
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff Vivian Miller announced her retirement as Philadelphia Clerk of Quarter Sessions on Monday. Miller, who is the clerk of the city's criminal courts, had endured a year of criticism leveled at her performance....

The Trouble with Punitive Damages

Posted on March 04, 2010
I have to admit it is enticing for plaintiffs to put a punitive damage claim into cases. Punitive damages can make the case worth go sky high, theoretically. So, why not put them into every case you can? There is...

DLA Piper Makes Foray into Brazil

Posted on March 02, 2010
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff DLA Piper has taken the first step in its efforts to create a presence in Brazil. The firm said Monday it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Brazilian firm Campos Mello Advogados...

Judge Rejects Standing of Challenger to City Takeover of BRT, But Says Move Is Usurping City Council's Powers

Posted on March 01, 2010
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff In an opinion denying standing for a Board of Revision of Taxes employee seeking to block the transfer of authority away from the BRT to the executive branch of city government, a Philadelphia...

Welcome to Warsaw: K&L Gates Takes Hogan & Hartson Poland Practice

Posted on March 01, 2010
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff K&L Gates has followed up its entrance into the Tokyo and Moscow markets this year with a new office in Warsaw, Poland. The firm will officially open up shop March 15 with a...

3rd Circuit Refuses to Overturn Delaware Dredging Ruling

Posted on February 24, 2010
By Zack Needles Of the Legal Staff The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to overturn Judge Sue L. Robinson's late January ruling that opened the doors for the first phase of a project that would deepen the...

Continued Planning in the Era of Estate Tax Repeal

Posted on February 23, 2010
By Robert H. Louis At mid-February, 2010, we still have no indication of the future of estate tax legislation. There was a suggestion that it might be included in the jobs bill that could be considered by Congress soon. All...

A Potential Conflict of Interest Costs a Firm Millions

Posted on February 22, 2010
by Joshua D. Wolson A federal judge in California recently issued a startling ruling that class counsel in an antitrust class action was not entitled to any fees, even though it pursued the case for years and successfully negotiated a...

Baer Asks Senate Panel for More in State Tax Revenues

Posted on February 18, 2010
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff With Pennsylvania facing another tight fiscal year, the Pennsylvania state court system received both sympathy and prodding for improvement in its financial situation from state senators during a state Senate Appropriations Committee hearing...

To Address or Not to Address Damages: The Dilemma for Defense Attorneys

Posted on February 18, 2010
There is a recent article in ?The Jury Expert? by Jeri Kagel called ?Damages: A Defense Attorney?s Dilemma?. It got my mind brewing about this question that has historically plagued defense attorneys in injury cases. Kagel discusses some concerns defense...

Meet the Editors on Feb. 11 - Submitting to Editorial Pages

Posted on February 09, 2010
As an update to my last blog, I want to remind everyone that the Philadelphia Bar Association Bar-News Media Committee will host ?How and When to Share Your Opinion with the Press - Submitting to Editorial Pages? at noon Feb....

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