The Legal Staff

July 25, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Property Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association can be liable for claims from multiple beneficiaries rather than solely for a single aggregate claim in a wrongful death case, a majority of the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

7 minute read

January 31, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

She walks to the witness stand and begins questioning the doctor about the care he gave her injured client. The flustered witness stammers and begins to contradict his previous statements, and the advocate then knows the jury will decide in her client`s favor.

By Laurie Stewart Of the Legal Staff

6 minute read

January 10, 2008 | Law.com

The perennial blockade to securing a new building for the First Judicial District's Family Court has been marshaling the political will to pony up tens of millions of public dollars to fund a new site.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff

7 minute read

May 02, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. Circuit Judge Jane R. Roth has announced that she will take senior status effective May 31, creating a third vacancy on the 14-member 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

By Shannon P. Duffy and Elizabeth Bennett Of the Legal Staff

3 minute read

July 18, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the words of one of its attorneys, Goldbeck McCafferty McKeever is getting a class act in Edward Sparkman, who served for 15 years as the Chapter 13 standing trustee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

By Asher HawkinsOf the Legal Staff

4 minute read

July 29, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Members of a nonprofit organization that acts as an agent for defendants in asbestos litigation cannot be expected to make up the difference in the amount of settlement owed to plaintiffs when another member defaults on its share, a judge on the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court has ruled.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

6 minute read

August 22, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fox Rothschild is putting its proverbial foot down when it comes to associate salaries.

By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff

5 minute read

September 23, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

As you walk into the main dining room of the Palm, a host or hostess may caution you to watch out for a bump in the wooden floor near the entrance at the recently reopened restaurant. But if one were to slip and fall, the Palm would be the place to do it because it is absolutely crawling with lawyers.

By the Legal Staff

5 minute read

July 22, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Department of Transpor-tation may not order even an eight-time repeat DUI offender to install ignition interlock systems in his vehicles, if a trial court has failed to do so, a three-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Asher HawkinsOf the Legal Staff

6 minute read

July 11, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

The president judge of Commonwealth Court has disqualified a law firm from defending officers and directors of Reliance Insurance Co. in the continuing litigation over the company's liquidation.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

4 minute read