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October 08, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Law Journal: Discrimination Against Mothers and Families At Work

When a woman is asked in a job interview if she�s married or has kids, can she make a discrimination claim?
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January 27, 2005 | Law.com

Reed Smith Disputes Claims of Growing Pains

Within just five years, Reed Smith has nearly doubled in size and profitability while making splashes in the California and London markets with large mergers. The firm is led by the dynamic Gregory Jordan, a 45-year-old Reed Smith lifer who has accepted the mission of taking the firm to the next level. But with the changes have come rumblings that the Philadelphia office has been ignored and partners de-equitized while Reed Smith changes focus and tries to become more like a New York firm.
8 minute read
June 01, 2007 | National Law Journal

Pair of Partners Depart Saul Ewing for Cozen O'Connor, Klehr Harrison

Saul Ewing lost one lifer to Cozen O'Connor this week and lost another partner in mid-May to his old firm, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg & Ellers. Suzanne S. Mayes is leaving after nearly 16 years to co-lead Cozen O'Connor's public and project finance group. Mayes was persuaded by the firm's commitment to growing the practice and the chance at management, she said. Domenic Pacitti has left Saul Ewing after a six-year stint to rejoin Klehr Harrison as a partner in the bankruptcy practice.
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April 12, 2007 | Law.com

The Finer Points of Farming Out Work

Farming out legal work is a delicate balance of personal and professional relationships, budget management and hunting for first-class legal expertise. At many companies, the prevailing mindset is: the bigger the firm, the better the representation. Though legal work often flows to the largest law firms, companies don't always lock into one full-service megafirm for all their legal needs. There's room for solo practitioners to carve a niche, even with some big-name businesses.
5 minute read
July 25, 2007 | Law.com

Edwards Campaign Leads the Pack in Contributions From Lawyers

Lawyers and law firms dropped another $13 million into the coffers of the 2008 presidential campaigns during the second quarter of the year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Since the start of the year, the legal industry has contributed $27.5 million to the campaigns, 66 percent of which has gone to three Democratic candidates: former Sen. John Edwards, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama. Edwards, a trial lawyer, continues to lead in lawyer contributions.
3 minute read
July 21, 1999 | Law.com

Judge: Jury Should Decide Some ADA Cases If Treatment Doesn't Fully Control Disability

Employing a narrow reading of the recent Supreme Court cases on defining disabilities, a federal judge has held that corrective measures, such as eyeglasses, act as a bar to filing suit under the ADA only when they "fully control" a person's impairment. Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas N. O'Neill said that sometimes the plaintiff cannot meet the ADA's definition of "person with a disability." But in other cases, the answer may be less clear and the court may need to send the question to a jury.
4 minute read
June 01, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

New Additions Thomas A. Boulden has joined the Fort Washington law firm of Timoney Knox. Boulden focuses his practice in trusts and estate and Orphans' Court litigation.
2 minute read
January 28, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former U.S. Judges Enter Fray Over Guantanamo Detentions

Three former federal judges from New Jersey have filed U.S. Supreme Court briefs opposing the detention, without judicial review, of 660 men at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
6 minute read
May 31, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Eight Wrongful Death Suits Allowed to Continue

Eight Wrongful Death Suits Allowed to Continue Eight wrongful death lawsuits against a Lehigh County hospital will proceed after a trial court judge ruled the plaintiffs should have a chance to prove the hospital concealed a nurse's alleged murders of their loved ones.
3 minute read
February 14, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Reliance, Guaranty Funds Hit Snag in Liquidation

A disagreement between the liquidator and the guaranty funds has arisen in the liquidation of Reliance Insurance Co., according to a preliminary report filed in Commonwealth Court.
4 minute read

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