Howard J Bashman

May 12, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

When confronted with an adverse ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, it may come as some consolation to the appellate advocate that the Superior Court has chosen to issue the decision as an unreported, non-precedential opinion.

By Howard J. Bashman

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April 14, 2008 | Law.com

What has happened in the trial court will, in almost every case, determine what happens on appeal. Thus, cases that justify having an experienced appellate advocate working on the appeal may also benefit significantly from having that same experienced appellate advocate involved in assisting with especially important trial court filings.

By Howard J. Bashman

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March 10, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last month, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals began its public implementation of electronic case filing. Lawyers who regularly handle 3rd Circuit appeals are likely to have already noticed two major changes.

By Howard J. Bashman

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February 11, 2008 | Law.com

Late last month, Gov. Edward G. Rendell nominated former Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court President Judge James Gardner Colins to fill the remaining vacancy on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court until January 2010, when a duly elected justice will assume that spot on Pennsylvania's highest court.

By Howard J. Bashman

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January 14, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

As anticipated, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ended 2007 by issuing a plethora of opinions. This occurred because three of that court's justices were leaving, to be replaced by two newly elected justices and one vacancy that Pennsylvania's governor and General Assembly must combine to fill until the next judicial election occurs nearly two years from now.

By Howard J. Bashman

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November 12, 2007 | Law.com

One particularly useful piece of advice that I received early in my career as a lawyer emphasized the importance of knowing and understanding the operation and intricacies of the rules of procedure that apply in the courts in which you are representing clients.

By Howard J. Bashman

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October 08, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last week, while I was sitting in the Philadelphia courtroom of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania waiting to orally argue an appeal that one of my clients had taken, I observed the oral argument of a separate appeal in another case that perhaps heretofore had only been imagined in the minds of law school casebook writers.

By Howard J. Bashman

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September 10, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

August 2007 will be noted as one of the worst months in the history of Pennsylvania's state judicial system.

By Howard J. Bashman

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August 13, 2007 | Law.com

On July 31, a three-judge panel of the Superior Court issued a five-page decision in an appeal captioned Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. C.M.K.

By Howard J. Bashman

9 minute read

July 30, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

In October 2005, a season ticket holder of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers filed suit in a Florida state court to challenge the lawfulness of the Tampa Sports Authority's policy of conducting pat-down searches of all ticket-holders seeking to attend Buccaneers h

By Howard J. Bashman

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