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June 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Girl Math' Doesn't Add Up: State Bar Ad Referencing Outdated Meme Draws Backlash, Feedback From Legal Community

The Pennsylvania Bar Association acknowledged that it "missed the mark" when it used the phrase in an advertisement touting discounted membership dues.
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April 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Laffey Bucci & Kent Name Partner's Exit Neither 'Mutual' Nor 'Amicable,' Firm Contends

Brian Kent has also stepped down from the board of a nonprofit advocacy organization.
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March 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Court Revives Contract Claims Against 2 Lawyers Accused of Providing Ineffective Counsel

"The agreement is for you to do the job at a professional standard. I don't think that's a surprise," Ellen Brotman said. "It sounds like the attorneys here had a creative argument about why that isn't so or wasn't so in this case, and the court didn't accept it."
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March 06, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Recent Law Journal Column Offers Timely Analysis of Law School Curricula

For instance, law schools could more pointedly offer interdisciplinary rule-of-law—and pedagogy as broadly as they have included law—and subjects within their curricula, a Law Journal columnist writes.
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March 01, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

What Must Lawyers Do to Protect the Rule of Law?

The country's faith in these institutions, including our elections and our civil and criminal justice systems has eroded. How far has that erosion of faith gone? Can it be stopped? What is the role of lawyers in protecting the Rule of Law?
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January 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Misleading Social Media Posts Land Montco Attorney With Suspension

"There are two things that the board and the court hates the most: and that is lying and stealing," Ellen Brotman said.
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January 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Rules Committee Wants to 'Add Teeth' to Frivolous Filings Sanctions

According to the explanatory note, the committee took up the issue in the wake of the long-running saga involving medical malpractice attorney Nancy Raynor, who filed suit against a group of lawyers who had won a $1 million sanction against her in 2014, before it was tossed by an appellate court.
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January 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Disciplinary Docket: Trends for 2024

This year, I'm departing from that tradition to predict the future in the field of attorney discipline. However, for those of you who like your new year column with a side order of resolutions—I promise, you will find some throughout!
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October 11, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

For Love or Money: Disciplinary Board Proposes Expansion of 'Sexual Relations' Definition

Why are conflicts so important in the regulation of attorneys? Because we owe our clients our undivided loyalty in pursuing their goals. Things can get messy fast when either the interests of former clients, or our own personal or professional interests are competing for that loyalty.
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September 21, 2023 | Law.com

Bar Groups Mull Succession Planning Rules Amid Law Firm Closures

Required succession planning might lead to less scrambling and uncertainty for law firms and clients alike, and perhaps even fewer firm implosions in the aftermath of leadership changes.
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