The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Aleeza Furman | July 16, 2024
Court data shows that by the halfway mark of 2024, Philadelphia saw nearly as many eight-plus-figure civil jury verdicts as it did in the entirety of 2023. That statistic is especially striking considering 2023 had already marked a high point for awards exceeding $10 million.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Amanda O'Brien | July 16, 2024
Jeffrey Fickes, who co-chaired Ballard's private equity practice, and Christopher DePizzo join the firm in New York as partners.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis|News
By Amanda O'Brien | July 15, 2024
"The Supreme Court in Harrington made it clear that federal courts can no longer 'look the other way' and issue such free passes to mass tortfeasors such as Eckert who refuse to place their assets on the settlement negotiation table," argued attorney George Bochetto.
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By Riley Brennan | July 15, 2024
"We disagree with our sister circuit court's comparison of college athletes to prisoners and refuse to equate a prisoner's involuntary servitude, as authorized by the Thirteenth Amendment, to 'the long-standing tradition' of amateurism in college athletics," Restrepo said.
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By Amanda O'Brien | July 12, 2024
Attorney Kevin Berry says Vaughan McLean owes him over $350,000 that he contributed to help the firm pay off a $2 million loan. Founder Joseph Vaughan responded that Berry's misrepresentations over his book of business caused the firm to incur $10 million in litigation funding loans.
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By Riley Brennan | July 11, 2024
The court vacated a $5 million attorney fee award in favor of the company, Lontex, after a jury awarded the company over $500,000 in compensatory and punitive damages in its suit against Nike and its use of the phrase "Cool Compression."
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By Riley Brennan | July 10, 2024
"A public employee's right to speak about matters of public concern must not be allowed to halt the operations of, say, a public school. On the other hand, the degree of disruption required will vary depending on the speech at issue," wrote U.S. District Judge John M. Gallagher for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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By Amanda O'Brien | July 10, 2024
The firm said the cuts affected less than 5% of its total operations and administrative head count.
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By Aleeza Furman | July 10, 2024
"Kline & Specter was asking the court to be the first in the country to hold that a third party has standing to sue a TikTok user for supposedly violating TikTok's terms of service," Jassy Vick partner Jean-Paul Jassy, who represents Bosworth, said.
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By Aleeza Furman | July 9, 2024
The Superior Court ruled that sanctions "must be based in the rules or supported by contempt law, and must be based on actions in the individual case, not a courtwide policy for imposition of sanctions."
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