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October 25, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The plaintiff's lawyer, Kevin Harden of Ross Feller Casey, said the case was an example of insurance companies attempting to "play chicken" with plaintiffs lawyers who they assume are under-resourced and coping with court delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

October 22, 2021 | Law.com

St. Michael's Media group—a right-wing media company operating the "Church Militant" website—should be allowed to hold a prayer rally on Baltimore city property, a federal judge has ruled.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

October 22, 2021 | Law.com

"As this case powerfully illustrates, people who are incarcerated retain basic constitutional rights like the freedom to practice their religion," said Daniel Korobkin, of the ACLU of Michigan, who represented two Jewish inmates who alleged their religious rights were infringed upon when they were denied cheesecake on the Shavuot holiday.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

October 21, 2021 | Law.com

An attorney suing a law firm he retained to represent him in a separate matter will be allowed to use his expert witness in the legal malpractice case despite a late request. But the court warned him to tread carefully.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

October 20, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument over whether a wrongful death verdict was improperly reduced from $6 million to $2 million given that the defendants never challenged the general verdict slip given to the jury.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read

October 19, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

A three-judge panel ultimately reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant doctor regarding a request for sanctions against the plaintiffs lawyer in a medical malpractice case. But the court did not mince words regarding the attorney's conduct.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read

October 18, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

"I am happy that we were able to achieve a recovery that will give these girls some opportunity for a future," said Nadeem Bezar of Kline & Specter, who, along with Kyle Nocho, represented the plaintiffs.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

October 14, 2021 | Law.com

"Viewed in hindsight—always a distorting perspective—it appears that Oetting as one of seven class representatives has himself gone to great lengths to make this a 'lawyer-driven lawsuit.' We hope district courts in this circuit will bear this in mind should Oetting seek to be appointed a lead plaintiff in future class actions subject to the PSLRA," the appeals court wrote.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

October 13, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

An en banc Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that evidence derived from a police officer casually asking a suspect to see his cellphone without an explanation of the suspect's rights regarding the subsequent "data dump" was correctly suppressed in the criminal case.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

October 13, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Divide and conquer is a good military strategy but a bad judicial one. Judges must consider how related facts weave together into a narrative," Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas wrote.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

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