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Governor Signs Bill Creating Pennsylvania Mini-COBRA Law Affecting Small Employers

Posted on June 22, 2009
On June 10, Gov. Edward G. Rendell signed into law a Pennsylvania ?mini-COBRA? bill that will provide for continued health insurance in a manner comparable to the federal COBRA law for employees of small employers in Pennsylvania. The new law...

Fumo Loses Bid for New Trial

Posted on June 18, 2009
By Shannon P. Duffy U.S. Courthouse Correspondent Former state Sen. Vincent J. Fumo has lost his bid for acquittal or a new trial now that U.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter has handed down a 129-page opinion that rejects all...

52 Court Jobs Saved By Federal Dollars

Posted on June 18, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff Mayor Michael Nutter and Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe said there are no hard feelings between the judicial and executive branches over funding for the courts as they and other officials...

Awards, Designations and Rankings for Legal Public Relations

Posted on June 17, 2009
As one who lives and breathes public relations, I often encourage clients to apply for individual attorney and law firm awards, designations and rankings for which they qualify. There are many awards, designations and rankings in our region and in...

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Is Facebook a Productivity Killer?

Posted on June 16, 2009
Following last week's article on how to use LinkedIn more productively, I thought this week we could focus on Facebook. I see it all the time; my clients complain about it, has it happened to you? On a daily basis,...

Supreme Court Cuts Off Convenience Store?s Beer Sales

Posted on June 15, 2009
By Peter Hall Of the Legal Staff The state Supreme Court has ruled that a Western Pennsylvania convenience store chain does not meet the state Liquor Code's requirements to sell six packs of beer for take out. The 5-1 decision...

City Officials Can?t Bar Casino Building Permit, Justices Rule

Posted on June 15, 2009
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff The state Supreme Court held up its August 2008 decision in HSP Gaming v. City of Philadelphia as cause to deny challenges by a group of state legislators and Philadelphia City Council over...

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies When State Legislatures Can Remove State Court Jurisdiction Over Federal Claims

Posted on June 15, 2009
In its recent opinion issued in Haywood v. Drown, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified that a state legislature cannot remove the jurisdiction of certain of its courts to hear particular federal claims simply because the legislature finds those claims frivolous...

Adjustment Status for K-2 VISA Holders: Deciphering the ?Aging Out? Problem

Posted on June 12, 2009
The Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, indicates that the child of a fianc�e who accompanies or follows to join his parent may enter the United States with a K-2 visa. The child is defined as an unmarried person under...

Managing Communication: What Messages Are We Sending Our Witnesses?

Posted on June 11, 2009
The Problem Witness Several years back, I did some witness work regarding a string of cases for an insurance company. Witnesses were deposed repeatedly. One witness, in particular, was very popular with the plaintiffs counsel. He was an actuary who...

In Lieu of a Tax Refund, a Chevy Nova

Posted on June 10, 2009
OK, that's not part of the president's tax proposals, at least not yet. The Obama administration has released some of its tax proposals and, under the rubric of closing "sort of" loopholes, there is a suggestion that grantor retained annuity...

E-Filing Fees May Keep Courthouses Open

Posted on June 10, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff In a fiscal year in which the First Judicial District has seen its funding cut by $15 million, two fees attached to the court's five-month-old civil e-filing system will help limit the number...

How to use LinkedIn Productively

Posted on June 09, 2009
For those of you who have been following the blogs by public relations expert and author of ?Everyday Public Relations for Lawyers? Gina Rubel, www.furiarubel.com. Here you will know that social media is a huge asset to attorneys. Following her...

Phila. Mortgage Foreclosure Program Could Become Mandatory Statewide

Posted on June 09, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff The Philadelphia court program designed to handle the city's mortgage foreclosure crisis with more humanity may become a statewide mandate if bills introduced in the state House of Representatives and state Senate are...

Lawyers in Transition ? What You Need to Know

Posted on June 08, 2009
Last month, I participated in a "Lawyers in Transition," CLE program designed to help struggling attorneys get back on their feet. The program was organized by the Law Practice Management Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association and co-sponsored and hosted...

GC of Local GOP Committee Moves to Eckert Seamans

Posted on June 03, 2009
By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff While most of Wolf Block?s lawyers have found new jobs after the firm?s dissolution, there is a small contingent that is either still looking or hasn?t announced where it will be going. That...

Ballard Spahr Moves to Different Associate Comp Model

Posted on June 02, 2009
By Gina Passarella Of The Legal Staff Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll became the latest firm to cut associate salaries, according to reports first posted on legal blog ?Above the Law.? Salaries, which started at $145,000 for first-years in Philadelphia,...

A Statute of Limitations and a Strip Club

Posted on May 29, 2009
[This posting is for informational purposes and should not be construed or interpreted as either legal advice on any matter or as in any way creating an attorney/client relationship] What do a strip club and a statute of limitations have...

Are You Taking Full Advantage of Your Juror Questionnaire?

Posted on May 28, 2009
I have participated in several civil jury selections in Philadelphia Common Pleas court. I have done so for distinctly different kinds of cases with distinctly different kinds of case issues. In the process of going through the standard juror questionnaires,...

Superior Court Declines Opportunity to Address Problems Inherent in Simultaneous UM/UIM Bad Faith Claims

Posted on May 27, 2009
Several weeks ago, the Pennsylvania Superior court declined to examine the substantive problems sometimes created when UM/UIM claims are simultaneously litigated in the same case, choosing instead to return the case to the trial court on procedural grounds relating the...

It?s Still ?Hail to the Redskins? -- At Least for Now

Posted on May 22, 2009
Football fans, beware. There could be a shakeup coming in the NFC East. Thanks to a recent ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the Washington Redskins can keep their trademarks in the name ?Redskins,? but...

Second Phase of Luzerne Case Review Begins

Posted on May 21, 2009
By Leo Strupczewski Of the Legal Staff The Berks County senior judge appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review juvenile cases in Luzerne County has begun reviewing serious misdemeanor and low-level felony cases heard before a former judge there...

Insurance Bad Faith and Punitive Damages

Posted on May 20, 2009
In a prior post, I suggested that one of the trends in insurance bad faith litigation is the narrowing of the applicability of Pennsylvania?s bad faith statute, perhaps in an effort by the appeals courts to stem the tide of...

States Push Back Against Supreme Court?s Leegin Decision

Posted on May 19, 2009
The Supreme Court?s decision two years ago in Leegin Creative Leather Prods. v. PSKS reversed nearly 100 years of precedent and held that resale price maintenance agreements ? in which manufacturers require resellers to maintain a certain minimum price at...

Brady: Ward Leaders Backing Citywide Slate

Posted on May 18, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff Tuesday's primary election in Philadelphia will put to the test Democratic City Committee Chairman Bob Brady's effort to make the committee's endorsement of judicial candidates mean something and cut down on the number...

Williams Drops Support of Merit Selection

Posted on May 18, 2009
Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff State Sen. Anthony Williams said he was no longer going to support selecting judges through an appointed process, also known as "merit selection." Williams was speaking during a press conference convened today to criticize...

Inquirer Editorial Board Slammed for Not Endorsing Black Women

Posted on May 18, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff Two Philadelphia state senators and the city Democratic City Committee chairman held a press conference today in front of the Philadelphia Inquirer building in support of the black female judicial candidates who did...

Developing a Bad Faith Library in the Digital Age

Posted on May 18, 2009
I have not physically touched a West Reporter in a number of years. And yet I feel more on top of the Pennsylvania Bad Faith caselaw then I ever have, because of the technology now widely available. In this post,...

20 Twitterers Lawyers Should Follow on Twitter

Posted on May 18, 2009
In my blog post To friend or Not to Friend ? Social Media for Lawyers, Part 4: Twitter for Lawyers, I explained what Twitter is, when and why you should Tweet, and what the experts are saying about Twitter for...

Progressive Bloc Asks Phila. Bar to Give Reasons for Ratings

Posted on May 15, 2009
By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff While the city's progressive ward leaders say they'd like to have published reasons for the city bar association's ratings of judicial candidates, the Philadelphia Bar Association's leader said keeping the reasons for the...

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