P.j. D'annunzio

June 30, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

"The problem with plaintiffs' argument is that it wrongly assumes the burden is on defendants to provide enough information to prove their document search was reasonable," U.S. District Judge Berle Schiller of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

June 24, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge scolded arbitration firm JAMS over one of its shareholders' failure to timely disclose the extent of her financial interests in the firm, adding that JAMS also had "far greater contacts" with the law firm representing the defendants than it disclosed at the start of the case.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read

June 23, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The plaintiff, a former altar boy, originally filed his lawsuit in New Jersey because he alleged that the late defrocked Father James J. Brzyski abused him multiple times at a shore home in Forked River in Ocean County from 1978 to 1982, from the time Doe was 10 years old until he was 14.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

June 19, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

An airport baggage handler who sustained back injuries and was rendered unable to return to work in an accident involving baggage-hauling equipment…

By David Gialanella | P.J. D'Annunzio

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June 17, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

"While I'm still healthy and still have energy and vitality, I want to take some of this time and use it for other things."

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read

June 11, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Veteran GC Suzanne Rich Folsom comes to the tobacco company from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, where she co-chaired the investigations, compliance, and strategic response group.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

June 11, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected an attempt by the plaintiff to compare the facts of the case to those in Marshall v. Brown's IA, in which the court ruled that defendant ShopRite should have been sanctioned for spoliation of evidence after giving only partial surveillance evidence of a slip-and-fall.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

June 10, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The board cited five cases in which the judge was accused of being intemperate, including one case in which he loomed over a testifying witness and told an attorney to get his "client under control or I'm going to tear him up on the stand," apparently because the witness was talking over the judge.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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June 08, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a former University of the Sciences student who claimed his expulsion was the result of a biased university investigation into his sexual encounters with two women.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read

June 04, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The court's June 2 ruling is a rejection of energy provider NRG's argument that PECO's stated price-to-compare was too low and did not reflect the actual costs to customers, putting other service providers at a competitive disadvantage.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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