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November 24, 2014 |

Lawyers, Not Clients, Must Pay Court Reporting Costs

A Philadelphia trial judge, in an issue of first impression, ruled lawyers, not clients, are responsible for paying court reporting costs.
5 minute read
November 13, 2014 |

People in the News - Nov. 13, 2014 - Maniloff Elected American Law Institute Member

Randy Maniloff, counsel at White and Williams, was elected as a member of the American Law Institute.
2 minute read
November 11, 2014 |

Crafting Arguments With Your Audience in Mind

Although appellate work involves legal strategy and zealous advocacy like every other area of practice, it sometimes requires a different set of tools. When constructing appellate arguments, particularly the brief, there are discrete concepts to keep in mind.
7 minute read
November 11, 2014 |

Counsel Fees Statute Analyzed by Court in Child Custody Case

When the new Custody Act was passed in 2011, practitioners welcomed the statute authorizing the award of counsel fees, costs and expenses, as the statute provides that a court may award reasonable interim or final counsel fees, costs and expenses to a party if the court finds that the conduct of another party was obdurate, vexatious, repetitive or in bad faith. This new counsel fees statute, 23 Pa. C.S. Section 5339, was hoped to be the tool to defend against repeat filers in custody actions. Many believe that repeated custody litigation negatively impacts the best interest of the child. Section 5339 had not been analyzed by the appellate courts of Pennsylvania until the recent case of Chen v. Saidi, 2014 Pa. Super. 190 (September 2, 2014).
5 minute read
November 06, 2014 |

Lawyer Sanctioned $1M Over Smoking Reference

Defense attorney Nancy Raynor has been sanctioned for close to $1 million for allowing a defense expert to make a prohibited reference to smoking in a lung cancer-related medical malpractice case that resulted in a mistrial.
5 minute read
November 06, 2014 |

People in the News - Nov. 6, 2014 - Goryl Joins KML Law Group

Melissa H. Paris joined Rawle & Henderson as an associate in the firm's Philadelphia office.
3 minute read
November 05, 2014 |

People in the News - Nov. 5, 2014 - Berman Joins Blank Rome

Marc E. Gold, a partner with Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, is set to speak at the fall conference of the Delaware section of the American Water Resources Association and the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin.
2 minute read
November 03, 2014 |

Third Circuit Eyes Standard for Appeals When Requests for Arbitration Denied

The question of how relaxed the court should be in taking up appeals when requests for arbitration are denied was before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit last week.
5 minute read
October 30, 2014 |

People in the News - Oct. 30, 2014 - Schwab Elected Pietragallo Gordon Partner

John A. Schwab was elected a partner with Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti.
3 minute read
October 27, 2014 |

The Public Interest Calendar of Events

On Thursday, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law is set to present the symposium, "Women's Rights and the Supreme Court: After Hobby Lobby and McCullen," from 2:15 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 140 in the Kline School of Law, 3320 Market St., Philadelphia. Slate Senior Editor Dahlia Lithwick will deliver the keynote address. For more information or to register online, visit http://goo.gl/aVnrh2.
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