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Daily Report Online

When Your Client Offers You a Job, Consider These Rules

Whether an in-house attorney's “wages” fall within the definition of “fee” in Rule 1.5 (a) is debatable.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

True or False: A Check on the Immigration Rumor Mill

Another tactic used to discourage illegal employment is an ICE audit. These rarely make the news but can often be much more effective.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Will 'Protz' be Applied Retroactively? Supreme Court Moves to Resolve Issue

As is well known, the Supreme Court in Protz v. W.C.A.B. (Derry Area School Dist.), 124 A.3d 406 (Pa. Commw. 2015), petition for allowance of appeal granted, 133 A.3d 733 (Pa. 2016), has found the entire IRE section of the Workers' Compensation Act to be unconstitutional.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

In Hindsight, 20/20 Diversity Is Too Low for Asian-American GCs

Asian-American lawyers make gains in general counsel ranks. It's not by accident.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Chair Too Far? No. We Need to Support Diverse Talent in Phila.

In an editorial that appeared on Aug. 8, 2017, in the New York Times, Shira A. Scheindlin, a retired Federal District Court judge for the Southern District of New York, wrote a compelling argument outlining the lack of women as first chair in major litigation.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

How One Lawyer Tracks Success

At any given time—even each day—the chief financial officer or senior manager can look at the success tracker and answer this question: How are we doing?
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Immunity for Gun Makers Impedes Needed Reforms

Last year saw the most mass killings in the United States since USA Today began tracking them in 2006.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Why Are Female Attorneys' Voices Going Unheard in the Courtroom?

Many studies and task forces throughout the years have focused on the participation of female attorneys in the courtroom. A recent New York Times Op-Ed by retired New York Federal District judge, Shira Sheindin, once again highlights the disparity in female attorneys playing a prominent role in the courtroom.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Nursing Homes Need to Play by the Same Rules as Everyone Else

Some nursing homes are taking the position that they do not have to comply with the “patient rate” under HIPAA, and in fact are exempt from it. The position of the nursing homes is incorrect. They have to comply with HIPAA and the rates set forth for providing patients their medical records.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

SCOTUS Missed Its Mark in 'Murr v. Wisconsin'

Last term in "Murr v. Wisconsin," the U.S. Supreme Court attempted, without real success, to answer the question of what is the relevant parcel or total property interest to be considered in weighing whether a regulation affecting part of it has gone “too far” so as to effect a compensable taking under the Fifth Amendment.
5 minute read

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