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September 15, 2016 |

Justices Allow New Petition on Nonpartner Fee Dispute

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to give a second chance at recovering damages for attorney fees to a law firm that was denied breach of contract damages because the lawyer who entered the agreement was not a partner.
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August 17, 2016 |

New PDI Leader Talks Priorities, Products Liability

The Legal discussed with Louis Long, the incoming head of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute his goals, what he wants and how he aims to strengthen the PDI's ties with the insurance community, and where the recent dispute over proposed products liability jury instructions might end up.
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May 06, 2016 |

Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C. v. Law Firm of Malone Middleman, P.C., PICS Case No. 16-0560 (Pa. April 25, 2016) Baer, J. (22 pages).

A predecessor law firm was not entitled to breach of contract damages against a successor law for a share of legal fees where there was no contract between the law firms, instead only a contract between the predecessor law firm and an employee attorney who took the case to the successor law firm, such that the employee attorney as a nonpartner owed and imposed no fiduciary duty to split fees. Order of the superior court reversed.
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December 18, 2012 |

Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C. v. Malone Middleman, P.C., PICS Case No. 12-2254 (C.P. Allegheny Nov. 26, 2012) Hertzberg, J. (15 pages).

The predecessor law firm was entitled to quantum meruit payment only for billable time and expenses from the successor firm where an attorney representing a client on a contingent fee basis left the predecessor firm prior to settlement and the successor firm had no contract relationship with the predecessor firm. Affirmance of quantum meruit verdict recommended.
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December 08, 2008 |

Mark Your Calendars

A Commonwealth Court panel has ruled a municipal ordinance, designed to keep a sexually-oriented business closed on Sundays and state holidays, was unconstitutionally vague.
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