The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Zack Needles | Max Mitchell | July 10, 2020
Last month's $6.25 million settlement between the city of Philadelphia and Terrance Lewis—the highest-ever settlement in an exoneration case in Pennsylvania that did not involve DNA evidence—may signal, and possibly even spur, increased interest by the plaintiffs bar in bringing more wrongful conviction civil claims. But lawyers who have handled these cases warn that they're not for the faint of heart—or the ill-prepared.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | July 6, 2020
Attorney Kevin Harden of Ross Feller Casey said the agreement marks the highest settlement in an exoneration case in Pennsylvania that did not involve DNA evidence.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 30, 2020
"The problem with plaintiffs' argument is that it wrongly assumes the burden is on defendants to provide enough information to prove their document search was reasonable," U.S. District Judge Berle Schiller of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.
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By Max Mitchell | June 25, 2020
U.S. District Judge Gerald McHugh found the challenges of dealing with community unrest following the death of George Floyd and the coronavirus pandemic makes the opening of nonprofit safe injenction site Safehouse "unrealistic any time soon."
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 23, 2020
The plaintiff, a former altar boy, originally filed his lawsuit in New Jersey because he alleged that the late defrocked Father James J. Brzyski abused him multiple times at a shore home in Forked River in Ocean County from 1978 to 1982, from the time Doe was 10 years old until he was 14.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 17, 2020
"While I'm still healthy and still have energy and vitality, I want to take some of this time and use it for other things."
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 8, 2020
A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a former University of the Sciences student who claimed his expulsion was the result of a biased university investigation into his sexual encounters with two women.
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By Erica Silverman | June 1, 2020
The firm has already brought on a dozen corporate lawyers in the last month, and five litigators in Philadelphia.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Erica Silverman | May 28, 2020
Several firms said they haven't taken a hit financially while working remotely, but they still want to get people back in the office safely and soon.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 28, 2020
Lawyers from West Chester-based law firm MacElree Harvey cannot get out of representing clients who haven't remained current on their legal bills, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
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