The Legal Staff

July 03, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

While more Philadelphia law firms than ever are members of the AmLaw 100 charts that track financial performance, they struggled in the chart that ranks pro bono performance.

By Jeff BlumenthalOf the Legal Staff

6 minute read

June 13, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Merrill Davidoff of Berger & Montague described the case he has been handling out of Colorado since 1990 in a similar vein to the seemingly never-ending Exxon-Valdez case his firm has labored over for years. But 18 years later, he has something to smile about.

By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff

5 minute read

April 14, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

A nonfacility-based Internet service provider is obligated to pay sales and use taxes on the wireline access it purchased from various telecommunications giants, an en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court has ruled, 6-1.

By Asher Hawkins Of the Legal Staff

6 minute read

June 25, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A father with shared legal custody who gave his son a BB gun as a Christmas present cannot be held liable for the child's shooting of a neighbor with the gun, the state Supreme Court has ruled, because the child was in the physical custody of his mother at the time of the accident.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

7 minute read

June 24, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Because the city of Philadelphia mistakenly paid injured-on-duty benefits to a Philadelphia police officer, the city government should still be permitted to contest the officer's workers' compensation claim, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.

By Jennifer BatchelorOf the Legal Staff

6 minute read

June 23, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Eastern District Court jury has awarded a dredge worker injured on the job at a marina in Monmouth County, N.J., more than $2.4 million.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

5 minute read

December 20, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Superior Court panel has tossed out an appeal after finding that defense lawyers "blatantly violated" civil procedural rules when they flooded the courts with appellate issues that were too many and too wordy.

By Melissa Nann Burke Of the Legal Staff

9 minute read

August 01, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two first-year associates at local firms had their Race to the Altar come to a screeching halt - and it's all due to the simple fact that they are lawyers. Jessica Coughlin and Scott Milner, the Philadelphia area legal community's latest reality television contestants, had an exciting, albeit brief, adventure on Wednesday's premiere episode of NBC's Race to the Altar.

By Jeff BlumenthalOf the Legal Staff

5 minute read

August 19, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A tobacco company is not liable for the death of a man who contracted fatal lung cancer even though he smoked the company's low-tar cigarette brand, a 12-person Philadelphia jury decided unanimously on Friday.

By Asher HawkinsOf the Legal Staff

5 minute read

July 28, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A defendant gynecologist's negligence was not a substantial factor in a patient's death stemming from ovarian cancer, a Philadelphia jury has found.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

6 minute read