By Beth A. Slagle | June 27, 2017
We all understand what explicit biases aremdash;they are the biases that we have that we know about. They are conscious and largely controllable. Implicit bias, unlike explicit bias, is more complex and refers to our attitudes or stereotypes that we have about a person or a group but that reside in our subconscious. These biases affect the way we act and react, but all in an unconscious manner.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 27, 2017
The editorial staff of The Legal Intelligencer recognizes diversity as a continuing concern in the legal community. This is our biannual discussion, an attempt to propose concrete solutions for the issues the legal profession faces in recruiting, hiring and retaining minority attorneys.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 27, 2017
High Swartz partner James B. Shrimp was installed as president of the Rotary Club of Central Chester County, located in Lionville/Exton.
By Michael E. Bertin | June 27, 2017
Within the last five years, the issue of evidence outside of the record being considered by the trial court was raised in an appeal from a custody order in CMP v. MP, 54 A.3 950 (Pa. Super. 212)). Recently, the case of Johnson v. Johnson, 153 A.3 318 (Pa. Super. 2016), was decided and the vacating and remanding of the order was based on a similar reasoning.
By Roy Strom | June 27, 2017
The implications of network-crippling malware may be just as damaging for a deadline-driven service industry that holds the fate of companies' legal issues in its palm.
By Charles F. Forer | June 27, 2017
Bob's client Ray was the former president of an international company located in Texas. The company filed an arbitration demand in Texas. It asserted that Ray—as president—had engaged in all sorts of misconduct, including excessive personal expenditures and improper contracting practices.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 27, 2017
In the Legal's Diversity supplement, read about ways to combat implicit bias, the role of management in top-down diversity efforts and check out our roundtable discussion.
By Elizabeth Livingston | June 27, 2017
Until recently, no U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had extended Title VII to include sexual orientation as a protected class, meaning that LGBTQ individuals who suffer discrimination could not avail themselves of Title VII protection from bias.
By Lizzy McLellan | June 27, 2017
Mark Lee, a former prosecutor who chaired Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis' white-collar defense and corporate investigations group, has moved his practice to Blank Rome.
By Max Mitchell | June 27, 2017
The First Judicial District has agreed to raise fees for court-appointed attorneys for the first time in nearly 20 years. But an official in the Kenney administration said no funding source has yet been earmarked to fund the increase.
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