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The Legal Intelligencer

How Criminal Defense Attorneys Can Level the Playing Field When It Comes to the Media

Throughout 2017, I was riveted by developments in three high-profile criminal prosecutions that were covered extensively by this publication and other media outlets in the region: former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams; Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian (who was at the helm of an Amtrak train on May 12, 2015, when it derailed), and the members of the Penn State fraternity facing criminal charges in connection with the death of sophomore pledge Timothy Piazza. Whenever there were developments in these cases, I consumed as much media coverage as I could. I checked out what people were saying on social media.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Identifying the Correct Venue for Patent Litigation After 'TC Heartland'

The identification of the proper venue for commencing a patent infringement or declaratory judgement action was rather straight forward for a number of years.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: A Most Convenient Win

O'Melveny & Myers partner Abby Rudzin scores a big win in an area of the law coming under greater scrutiny as investors cross national boundaries to seek out opportunities in growing markets.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Legal Predictions for the Year Ahead

Well, another year is in the hopper and it's time to take a breath and look ahead. Here's what my crystal ball shows for 2018.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: The Good News (and Bad) About New U.S. Attorneys; Gibson Dunn Gets an A+

There's good news and bad in the list of 17 interim U.S. Attorneys appointed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday. The good: The Eastern…
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Importance of Ensuring a Real Estate Closing Is Properly Conducted

A recent decision handed down by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Ford v. Oliver, 2017 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1040 (Dec. 14, 2017), only illustrates why a party to a real estate transaction should always have the benefit of legal counsel through closing.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Massage Therapy—Is It a Covered Medical Treatment or Not?

There are those injured workers who seek to maintain activities of daily living through “passive modalities” such as massage therapy, ostensibly saving the insurance company the cost of much more expensive treatment. More numerous are those insurance carriers who do not consider massage therapy to be “medical treatment” at all, and seek to avoid paying for such care—ironically at any costs. “Wouldn't we all love to stay home from work and get a massage,” the cynical criticism goes.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

An E-Discovery Opinion That's Boring: Have We Come That Far? Part I

In Winfield v. New York, 15-CV-05236 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 27, 2017), Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker ruled on the plaintiffs' claims that the defendant did not properly produce e-discovery. The opinion is, paradoxically, interesting because it is boring.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Mattress Firm Lawsuit Proves Internal Monitoring Is Necessary in Business Development

There is an old adage: “Pigs get fat while hogs get slaughtered.” In the case of two of Mattress Firm's former vice presidents, Colliers International Atlanta, one of its former executives, and several developers nationwide, the outcome of a recent lawsuit will determine whether and how badly they will be punished for their alleged greed.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Five Deposition Questions You Should Ask Opposing TCPA Experts

Flimsy, sloppy, or perfunctory data analytics can result in conclusions that lack integrity and reliability, but these calculations are rarely effectively investigated.
6 minute read

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