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June 29, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Firms Double Down on Pro Bono Commitment

Several large Pennsylvania-based law firms devoted notably more time to pro bono work in 2016, according to a report released this week by The American Lawyer.
39 minute read
June 28, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Firms Add Bulk, Seeking Bigger Returns

Head count growth in Pennsylvania's largest firms is tracking national trends, driven by consolidation among small law firms and by bigger firms pushing to boost revenue with more lawyers.
50 minute read
June 28, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Counting the Hours: Pro Bono and Big Law

The world's largest law firms spent millions of hours on pro bono in 2016, increasing the amount of time they spent for indigent clients around the globe. Hours continued to tick up last year, but still lag behind pre-recession levels. We look at the themes that emerged in pro bono last year, some of the specific matters, how many hours individual firms performed and what we might see in 2017 when it comes to pro bono efforts.
7 minute read
June 28, 2017 | The American Lawyer

An Inside View of Getting the Wrongfully Convicted Exonerated

Lawyers from Dechert and the Pennsylvania Innocence Project recount their experience this year helping to free a man incarcerated for 24 years for a murder he allegedly didn't commit.
14 minute read
June 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

How New Conviction Review Unit's First Case Kept Defense Counsel in Suspense

It had been nearly a month since the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said it would vacate the conviction of Shaurn Thomas—who was incarcerated for more than 20 years, and the first defendant to have his conviction overturned under a newly revamped conviction review unit in the prosecutors' office. But the atmosphere Tuesday morning in Philadelphia Judge Rose Marie DeFino-Nastasi's packed courtroom was tense.
8 minute read
June 14, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

2017 Lawyers on the Fast Track

2017 Lawyers on the Fast Track
131 minute read
June 12, 2017 | National Law Journal

Lawyer's Heart Problem Derails Low-Testosterone Bellwether Trial

The first bellwether trial over a prescription medication used to treat low testosterone has ended in a mistrial after lead plaintiffs' attorney Christopher Seeger suffered from heart problems.
6 minute read
June 09, 2017 | National Law Journal

Covington Goes Dark on Comey Day; Filling Vacancies; Kasowitz in Spotlight

Washington Wrap is a weekly roundup of Big Law and federal government hires and other Washington, D.C., legal news.
58 minute read
June 10, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Bar Charity Run Raises More Than $100,000

There is nothing so perfect for runners as a temperature of 55 degrees on the morning of a race. That is the way it was on the morning of May 21 at the start of the 38th annual Philadelphia Bar Association 5K Charity Run/Walk to ­benefit the Support Center for Child Advocates that took place at the Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park. The race, as of race day, had raised more than $100,000 for the Support Center for Child Advocates.
46 minute read
June 08, 2017 | National Law Journal

Comey Watchers Ask: Where Are the Lawyers?

Among the throngs of suits gathered to watch James Comey Jr. testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, there was a notable absence: A personal lawyer at the former FBI director's back. But partners from a pair of Am Law 100 firms are said to be counseling Comey.
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