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January 08, 2007 | Law.com

Pa. Superior Court Panel Backs Newspaper in Shield Law Case

A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has held that a newspaper doesn't have to reveal its anonymous source for the purposes of a defamation action filed by two county officials who were reported as having stonewalled during a grand jury investigation into alleged illegal conduct at the local prison. The panel noted that the only relevant exception to the state Shield Law allows defamation plaintiffs to demand discovery of unpublished information, and even then only if the source is not personally identified.
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August 21, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Expected Defense No Basis for Removal To Federal Court

When plaintiffs in a state court defamation suit anticipate a defense and respond to it in their opening pleading by citing to the First Amendment, the defense cannot then seize upon that response to remove the suit to federal court, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
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April 18, 2006 | New York Law Journal

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Litigators of the Week: John Donovan of Ropes & Gray and Paul Vizcarrondo of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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More than a decade after the founders of speech recognition firm Dragon Systems sold their company in a $580 million "business deal from hell," Donovan and Vizcarrondo persuaded a federal jury that Goldman's advice on the deal didn't amount to negligence.

July 12, 1999 | Law.com

Booming IP Practice Has Big Firms Seeking Merger with Longtime Boutiques

Last month Ronald Panitch finally relented -- deciding to merge his IP firm with national giant Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. That decision has people in the legal community talking about whether the union is a sign of things to come for IP boutiques as big firms continue to try and muscle in on their once exclusive turf. Philadelphia's leading IP boutiques say they have been flooded with merger offers from big firms in the past year.
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August 11, 2006 | Law.com

N.J. Gets Boost in Venture Capital

Venture capital firms poured $249.3 million into New Jersey-based startups and other privately held companies during the second quarter of 2006, with investments in biotech companies accounting for $105 million, according to a new survey released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. "New Jersey is the nation's biotech and pharmaceutical capital, so it's not surprising that more than 42 percent of state funding went to biotech companies," says PwC partner Susan Roos.
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April 13, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News

Movers and shakers in the Philadelphia legal community.
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September 17, 2010 | Law.com

3rd Circuit Rules Some Asbestos Cases Are Pre-Empted

Railroad workers cannot pursue state law-based personal injury claims stemming from occupational asbestos exposure because such claims are pre-empted by the federal Locomotive Inspection Act, the 3rd Circuit ruled. The decision could create a legal conundrum, because the court rejected a contrary Pennsylvania Supreme Court holding on the books for 30 years. The issue could capture the U.S. Supreme Court's attention, as justices are always on the lookout for conflicts, including ones between circuits and state high courts.
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July 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Churn

Dewey & LeBoeuf's collapse led to a recruiting bonanza around the world. Here's where some of its European partners went.
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May 02, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Limits of Judicial Speech Debated

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