Lynne Z Gold Bikin

May 10, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Many lawyers are concerned about how to deal with an expert witness. Interestingly enough, the same rules and concepts that apply to questions for lay witnesses, also apply to an expert witness.

By Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin

5 minute read

January 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Domestic violence became a part of Pennsylvania law on Dec. 6, 1976. It was difficult to accept the fact that ongoing and accepted behavior between spouses in long-term marriages that had gone on for decades was now a civil tort.

By Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin

6 minute read

July 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A bill was entered into the Pennsylvania legislature in 2017, House Bill 1215, which would introduce into the support and alimony pendente lite (APL) guidelines the concept of reasonable needs and exceptions. The current guidelines, promulgated by the state, require that the guidelines "place primary emphasis on the net incomes and earning capacities of the parties."

By Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin

11 minute read

July 21, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In August 2010, the court approved Rule 1915.18 for what was called a "form of order directing expert examination and report." The rule is a general order and, while the rule requires certain things, it really is lax in what, respectfully, this article suggests.

By Lynne Z. Gold-bikin

12 minute read

October 18, 2007 | Law.com

Not only is the saga surrounding Anna Nicole Smith's daughter a media feeding frenzy; it's also a prime example of litigation run amok. And it's costing us all.

By Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin

6 minute read

May 04, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

How much is too much?

By Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin and Andrew D. Taylor

7 minute read