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June 02, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Dilworth Loses Friedman to Levan

For the third time in the last year, Dilworth Paxson has lost a practice group leader only to replace the lawyer with a young partner from another firm.
5 minute read
December 15, 1999 | Law.com

Saul, Duane and Fox Among NLJ 250's Leaders in Growth

With the help of significant mergers and multiple office openings, Philadelphia-based Saul Ewing Remick & Saul, Duane Morris & Heckscher and Fox Rothschild O'Brien & Frankel were among the top 10 growth leaders in the National Law Journal's annual survey of the nation's largest 250 law firms.
5 minute read
September 27, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Daily Decision Alert: Vol. 14, No. 187 - September 27, 2006

14 minute read
January 24, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers Clash Over E-Discovery Proposals

Computers have become weapons of mass discovery. The proliferation of computer technology in the past two decades has brought with it a sharp rise in discovery disputes over which electronic data must be disclosed and which are simply too expensive or burdensome for defendants to produce.
6 minute read
June 30, 1999 | Law.com

Laws Protect Reservists' Civilian Jobs

The military conflict in Kosovo, with the activation of military reservists and the specter of NATO occupation forces, has raised significant issues for many employers about military leaves of absence and the re-employment rights of individuals who serve in the uniformed services. Labor attorneys will need to advise their clients carefully on state and federal laws protecting returning soldiers.
9 minute read
November 25, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

$34M Hit for Pfizer: Two Huge Hormone Replacement Therapy Verdicts

Philadelphia jury returns a $28 million punitive damages verdict against two drugmakers over the drugmakers' hormone-replacement therapy drugs that the jury found caused a plaintiff's breast cancer.
7 minute read
July 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The Diversity Score

For the first time, the nation's law firms backslid when it comes to minority representation.
24 minute read
May 22, 2007 | Law.com

High Court Rules Parents Can Litigate on Behalf of Child's Educational Needs

Parents do not need to hire lawyers to litigate public school special education disputes involving their children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 7-2 decision in Winkelman v. Parma City School District says parents have "independent, enforceable rights" in a free, appropriate education for their children under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. As a result, they can pursue those interests not just at the administrative appeal stage, but into federal court as well.
3 minute read
November 25, 2009 | The Recorder

Default Not a Tactical Move, Justices Rule

In vacating a default judgment against two foreign microchip defendants, Sixth District Presiding Justice Conrad Rushing says their Akin Gump lawyer didn't intentionally give them bad advice.
3 minute read
Mass-Tort Litigation Leaves Philadelphia, Rises Elsewhere
Publication Date: 2013-06-25
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The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, recently a hotbed for mass-tort litigation, may have seen its mass claims drop by 70 percent in 2012. But that does not mean that mass torts are slackening elsewhere.

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