Alexa Woronowicz

January 16, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal district court in Pennsylvania has ruled that an automobile insurance company could not tell a jury that the insured plaintiff smoked cigarettes without being able to demonstrate the specific impact of that habit on the plaintiff's own life expectancy.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

5 minute read

January 10, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

An employee who was fired for violating his Pennsylvania employer's cellphone policy will not be receiving unemployment compensation (UC) benefits.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

6 minute read

January 03, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

The dispute came to a head after U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade of the Northern District of Texas agreed last month to increase the percent that needed to be held back from settlement awards.

By Alexa Woronowicz

4 minute read

December 26, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

It is clear from the tone of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association president's letter to the editor that the American Tort Reform Association's (ATRA) "Judicial Hellholes" report struck a nerve.

By Curt Schroder

3 minute read

December 21, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Gov. Tom Wolf cast aside his unwillingness to discuss the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes and signaled that he is open to taking a look at it as it gathers popularity and momentum.

By The Associated Press

3 minute read

December 17, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig attorney Roberta D. Pichini, a past president of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, participated in a meeting with the heads of the bar associations of Mexico in October in Mexico City to craft initiatives on legal issues of mutual concern.

By Alexa Woronowicz

2 minute read

December 13, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Duane Morris named partners James J. Holman and Meagen E. Leary as co-chairs of the business reorganization and financial restructuring practice group.

By Alexa Woronowicz

3 minute read

December 12, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Peter Vaira, of counsel to Greenblatt, Pierce, Funt & Flores, was awarded a special commendation by the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on Nov. 16 at the group's annual White Collar Practice Seminar in Philadelphia.

By Alexa Woronowicz

3 minute read

December 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Nov. 28, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads partner Bill Kennedy spoke at a Montgomery County Development Corp. seminar series event on workplace environment.

By Alexa Woronowicz

3 minute read

December 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pittsburgh firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz announced the addition of Ashley M. Majorsky.

By Alexa Woronowicz

3 minute read