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Publication Date: 2019-07-29
Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
Industry: Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Kearney
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Case Number: 19-0887
Court awarded attorney fees to defendant in plaintiffs' action over a structured settlement investment because the master agreement the parties signed provided for attorney fees and costs but court deducted the fees related to the appeal because defendant did not follow third circuit local appellate rule 108.1. Judgment in favor of defendant.
Publication Date: 2019-07-08
Practice Area: Discovery | Personal Injury
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 19-0776
Trial court erred in ordering production of defendant's corporate counsel's interview notes of 16 potential employee fact witnesses, in plaintiff's personal injury action, because while defendant's attorney-client privilege claim failed, defendant possessed a privilege over the communications supplied at the behest of corporate counsel to assist him in advising employer in the present litigation. Order vacated.
Publication Date: 2019-07-01
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Mundy
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Case Number: 19-0739
The high court concluded that remand was necessary for application of a newly articulated work product waiver analysis providing that the attorney work product doctrine is not waived by disclosure unless the alleged work product is disclosed to an adversary or disclosed in a manner that significantly increases the likelihood that an adversary/anticipated adversary will obtain such disclosure. The high court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.
Publication Date: 2019-06-24
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stabile
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Case Number: 19-0721
Trial court did not abuse discretion in finding no conflict between child's best interests and legal interests in involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding where advocate ascertained child's preferred outcome of proceeding to the extent possible, given child's immaturity and inability to understand concepts such as adoption. Order of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2019-06-10
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Discovery
Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Bartle
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Case Number: 19-0684
Defendants moved for discovery sanctions for plaintiff's failure to timely provide requested discovery relating to his prostate condition that he certified was caused by the stress of his discriminatory termination and court found that plaintiff disregarded the court-ordered deadline and precluded plaintiff from asserting any claim of damages related to his prostate condition. Motion granted.
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Publication Date: 2019-05-27
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Brody
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Case Number: 19-0616
Defendant filed a habeas corpus petition arguing ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel in her conviction for conspiracy to defraud the United States and corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws and the court found the asserted conflict of interest on the part of trial counsel did not exist, the stipulation trial counsel signed was reasonable and the evidence would have come in through the testimony of an IRS agent and defendant failed to establish the Brady violat
Publication Date: 2019-05-20
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Appeals
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Shogan
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Case Number: 19-0581
The commonwealth charged defendant with person not to possess a firearm. While the trial was proceeding, the court received an email message with a voice recording from Brandy Wilson, who was set to testify as a character witness for defendant. Wilson said she had been threatened by assistant district attorney Lawrence Sachs. After a hearing, the trial court declared a mistrial sua sponte based on manifest necessity due to prosecutorial misconduct. The trial court later dismissed the charge with prejudice. On appeal, the commonwealth
Publication Date: 2019-05-13
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Justice Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Goldberger and Pamela A. Wilk
for defendant: Craig Carpenito, United States Attorney, Mark E. Coyne, John F. Romano, and Steven G. Sanders (Office of United States Attorney)
Case Number: 17-2458
District Court Erred in Limiting Advice-of-Counsel Defense but Conviction Affirmed Due to Overwhelming Evidence of Criminal Intent
Publication Date: 2019-04-29
Practice Area: Wrongful Death
Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Carrafiello
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Case Number: 19-0438
The court did not err in granting a setoff, and it quashed this appeal because the attorney for one of the parties had a conflict of interest and was not entitled to file an appearance on her own behalf in this matter.
Publication Date: 2019-04-29
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Justice Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Goldberger and Pamela A. Wilk
for defendant: Craig Carpenito, United States Attorney, Mark E. Coyne, John F. Romano, and Steven G. Sanders (Office of United States Attorney)
Case Number: 17-2458
District Court Erred in Limiting Advice-of-Counsel Defense but Conviction Affirmed Due to Overwhelming Evidence of Criminal Intent
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