The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | January 15, 2019
Glenn Campbell said he returns to private practice with a better understanding of the claims process.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | January 15, 2019
As out-of-town firms compete for their piece of the Philadelphia market, the moves leave Chicago's Segal McCambridge with barely any presence in the city.
By Raychel Lean | January 15, 2019
Connecticut-based Twin City Fire Insurance Co., an affiliate of the Hartford Financial Services Group, has filed a federal lawsuit in Florida denying any liability for former West Palm Beach lawyer Leonel R. Plasencia, who killed himself in 2017, allegedly before turning over settlement money owed to clients in a personal injury case.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Christina Paradowski | January 15, 2019
On Dec. 6, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a Chapter 13 plan stating that a secured debt will be paid directly to the creditor does not constitute the debt being “provided for” by the plan, and thereby precluding a discharge of that debt.
By Scott Flaherty | January 14, 2019
Los Angeles-based Steven Anderson helped to found Quinn Emanuel's patent group a quarter century ago and then maintained his practice through a 15-year fight with cancer.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By John L.A. Lyddane | January 14, 2019
In his Medical Malpractice Defense column John L.A. Lyddane discusses how to approach the defense of the informed consent claim at trial. He writes: In the proper context, the defense should be able to demonstrate that although the outcome was undesirable, the decision to accept the risk prior to the procedure was a rational one and a reasonably prudent person would not have refused consent.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Peter F. Vaira | January 14, 2019
As I do every year at this time, I submit changes and events that I would like to see occur in the coming year in the courts, government agencies, federal and state legislatures and the law profession.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kevin Douglass | January 11, 2019
Many closely-held business owners successfully ignore disagreements with co-owners for years or even decades. Understandably, there is always a more pressing and important business matter that merits immediate attention.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joseph A. Sullivan | January 11, 2019
On Nov. 13, 2018, the Philadelphia Bar Association's Civil Gideon and Access to Justice Task Force released a landmark cost-benefit study that addressed in detail the benefits to low-income tenants—and to the city of Philadelphia—of providing legal representation to tenants facing eviction in court proceedings.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew J. DeFalco | January 11, 2019
Pennsylvania courts have long struggled with the question of whether and when a party to a contractual relationship can assert a tort cause of action against another contracting party for conduct arising out of the contractual relationship.
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