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Social Media for Lawyers: Legal OnRamp

Posted on July 21, 2009
I?ve been hearing a lot about Legal OnRamp lately, so I decided to check it out. According to the homepage of the Web site, LegalOnRamp is a collaboration system for in-house counsel and invited outside lawyers and third-party service providers....

Morgan Lewis Helps Get AstraZeneca a Win in Seroquel Case

Posted on July 21, 2009
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff A federal judge in Florida granted AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals? motion to dismiss claims by the Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund that the drug company fraudulently marketed its antipsychotic drug Seroquel...

Interviews Under Way for Pennsylvania's Three U.S. Atty Posts

Posted on July 20, 2009
By Shannon P. Duffy U.S. Courthouse Correspondent The first round of in-person interviews was held Friday in Harrisburg for lawyers seeking to be appointed to the post of U.S. attorney in one of Pennsylvania's three federal districts. Among the candidates...

Dissenting Opinion Disfavors Interference Into Judicial Campaign Contributions

Posted on July 18, 2009
In my last post, I discussed briefly the recent opinion and ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Caperton v. Massey Coal Co., setting down a rule that will at times require the recusal of a judge who may have...

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Bar Association Chancellor Calls for Judge Berry's Resignation

Posted on July 16, 2009
Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff The Philadelphia Bar Association called upon Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Willis W. Berry today to resign from the bench in the wake of the judge's suspension for four months without pay by the state...

Talking About Axing Summer Programs Before Firms Were Axing Summer Programs

Posted on July 16, 2009
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff Before news of Orrick?s delay to its 2009 on-campus recruiting came out and before Morgan Lewis decided to cancel its recruiting program and 2010 summer class altogether, Frank D?Amore had predicted that would...

Superior Court Says It?s OK to Rely on Defective Online Dockets

Posted on July 16, 2009
The advent of electronic filing and online dockets over the past decade or so is no doubt a positive development for litigators and their clients. The ability to file documents with a court from the comfort of one?s own office...

Fumo Pays $1 Million to Restitution Before Sentencing

Posted on July 14, 2009
As former state Sen. Vincent Fumo?s defense team began their presentation and argument, at about 2:40 p.m., they dropped a news bombshell: Fumo has already deposited $1 million in the court?s coffers as a down payment toward whatever the judge...

At Fumo Hearing, a Divide Over Loss of Public Confidence?

Posted on July 14, 2009
Shannon P. Duffy U.S. Courthouse Correspondent As the sentencing of former state Sen. Vincent Fumo got back under way Tuesday afternoon, there was a spirited exchange between Assistant U.S. Attorney John Pease and U.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter that...

Vincent Fumo Sentencing Liveblog

Posted on July 14, 2009
Prison Won?t Add Stress to Fumo's Life, Doctor Says If former state Sen. Vincent Fumo is sent to prison, there is no proof that he will suffer from stresses that will lead to another heart attack, a prison doctor testified....

Fumo?s Daughter, Fiance, Beg for Mercy

Posted on July 14, 2009
In a tearful bid for leniency, the 19-year-old daughter of former state Sen. Vincent Fumo begged Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter to see her father?s good side. Allison Fumo, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, said that while she was...

Sotomayor Gets Support of Locals at Confirmation Hearings

Posted on July 10, 2009
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff Confirmation hearings next week for U.S. Supreme Court hopeful Judge Sonia Sotomayor will include the support of a few locals. While there are no local ties to the witnesses testifying against Sotomayor on...

Supreme Court Draws Line on Judicial Campaign Contributions

Posted on July 10, 2009
In a prior post, we discussed the U.S. Supreme Court?s grant of certiorari in Caperton v. Massey Coal Co. Inc. On June 8, a 5-4 decision, the court held a majority opinion that at some point, campaign money becomes too...

Keeping it Organized in Jury Selection Part 1: Knowing the Court

Posted on July 09, 2009
Job No.1: As a jury consultant, most folks believe that my only priority in jury selection is to understand the inner workings of each juror and predict what decision he will make at the end of trial. While it is...

Judge Rejects Fumo's Latest Bid For New Trial

Posted on July 09, 2009
Alleged Revelations to Philadelphia Magazine No Grounds For Hearing, Buckwalter Says By Shannon P. Duffy U.S. Courthouse Correspondent Less than a week away from his sentencing hearing, former state Sen. Vincent J. Fumo has lost his latest bid for a....

?People Are Funny?

Posted on July 08, 2009
This was a classic TV show in which people did humiliating things for money. Sound familiar? Sometimes, you can suggest to a client a very sensible course of action in deciding on the future of a family business, but find...

City Officials Commemorate Opening of Mental Health Court

Posted on July 08, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas commemorated the opening of a mental health court for mentally ill prisoners re-entering public life with a press conference Tuesday that pulled top officials from the city's executive, legislative and judicial...

More Quibbling Over Precedent

Posted on July 06, 2009
About a year ago, I wrote an entry for this blog, High Court Quibbles Over Definition of ?Proceeds,? in which I discussed the Supreme Court?s decision in United States v. Santos. In that case, Justices Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens...

Social Media for Lawyers: HubSTREET

Posted on July 02, 2009
In keeping with the social media for lawyers theme, I continue to uncover new online opportunities. Today?s blog is about HubSTREET ? a newly launched networking site for attorneys, accountants and lenders/bankers ? which is still in the BETA testing...

Three Interim Judges Confirmed to Philadelphia Bench

Posted on July 02, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff Two judgeships on the Philadelphia Municipal Court and one judgeship on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas have been filled with interim appointments, while two judgeships on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas...

Court Employees' Pay Is Delayed With Harrisburg Budget Impasse

Posted on July 01, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff With the leadership of the executive and legislative branches in Harrisburg still far off from striking a budget deal, 14 employees of the First Judicial District will soon start working days that they...

Thirty Percent of Homes Saved from Sheriff's Sale in Mortgage Program

Posted on July 01, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff The one-year anniversary of the First Judicial District's mortgage foreclosure diversion pilot program was celebrated this week with court leaders noting that 1,400, or 30 percent, of the 4,690 homeowners who have gone...

Prevailing Parties Do Not Have to Appeal After All

Posted on June 30, 2009
A little over three years ago, in March 2006, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held, in the case of Basile v. H&R Block, that a defendant who had received the ultimate relief it sought ? entry of summary judgment in its...

GCs, in Survey, Say Firms Are Bluffing When It Comes to Service, Cost

Posted on June 30, 2009
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff For all the talk about change in the legal industry, corporate counsel are finding it hard to believe that outside firms are serious about rethinking their approach to client service and billing. In...

Are Waivers Available to Lawful Permanent Residents With ?Aggravated Felony? Convictions Under the INA?

Posted on June 29, 2009
An issue of significant concern for some lawful permanent residents is the impact of a criminal conviction on their immigration status. That is, could certain types of felonies subject those individuals to immediate removal proceedings, or is there still a...

U.S. Supreme Court Establishes New Standard for Judicial Recusal

Posted on June 26, 2009
On June 8, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. Inc., establishing a new standard for judicial recusal. In 2002, a West Virginia jury found A.T. Massey Coal Co. liable to Hugh Caperton...

How Aware of you of Your Own Biases? Implications for Trial

Posted on June 25, 2009
Understanding Your Own Bias As the title of this post asks, how aware are you of your own biases? You, as most other people, are probably not. The truth is that all of us have them. No exceptions. So, how...

City Council Gets Vote on City's Criminal Justice Stakeholder Group

Posted on June 25, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff Executive and judicial branch members of the group that bring leaders in the city's criminal justice system together to coordinate policy voted unanimously to add a voting City Council representative to the Criminal...

Who Said Capital Markets Work Was Dead?

Posted on June 24, 2009
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff K&L Gates has formed a new practice group around the changing capital markets structure. The firm said today it has formed an international capital markets reform group to provide expanded services to clients...

FJD Honored Twice Last Week for Administration of Justice Efforts

Posted on June 23, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff The First Judicial District was honored last week by the National Judicial College for enacting reforms that raised its performance from the second-slowest court in the country in moving civil cases to being...

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