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September 28, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Chapter 5 Avoidance Actions Can be Sold to Creditors Under Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code

In In re Simply Essentials, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (the Eighth Circuit) affirmed a bankruptcy court's ruling that avoidance actions constitute salable property of the debtor's bankruptcy estate.
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September 28, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

12 Noteworthy Statistics From the 2022 Pa. Workers' Compensation Annual Report

Here are 12 noteworthy statistics from the report and what they may tell us about Pennsylvania workers, their jobs and their employers.
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September 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta Children's Hospital In-House Chief Moves to New All-Female Health Care Boutique

"You draw on the expertise of the team," Rachel King, previously the chief compliance officer for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, said of the model at Health Law Strategists.
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September 28, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawyers Should Be Required To Counsel and Advise Clients of Conflict Resolution Options Before Initiating Litigation

Clients should be notified when their interests are likely to be better served from alternative dispute resolution processes as opposed to litigation.
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September 28, 2023 | Law.com

Asian Law Firms Increasingly Seek Mergers to Stay Competitive and Remain Relevant

Law firms across Asia are feeling pressure from both foreign and domestic players, prompting them to seek out mergers. Smaller firms fear they could end up missing out on a share of the pie, or worse, become irrelevant.
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September 28, 2023 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Pa. Supreme Court Evaluates Punitive Damages Exposure In Insurance Bad Faith Cases

While it is well known that an insured has a clear and convincing standard of proving bad faith in order to recover such damages, it is lesser recognized that an insured does not have to prove outrageous conduct or evil motive to prove entitlement to punitive damages.
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September 28, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Evaluates Constitutional Parameters of a Jury's Punitive Damage Award

While it is well known that an insured has a clear and convincing standard of proving bad faith in order to recover such damages, it is lesser recognized that an insured does not have to prove outrageous conduct or evil motive to prove entitlement to punitive damages.
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September 28, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Sept. 28, 2023—Sweet Stevens, Saxton & Stump

Two attorneys from Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams are scheduled to take a lead role at the annual Pennsylvania Bar Institute Exceptional Children Conference.
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September 28, 2023 | Law.com

West Virginia High Court Sides With Attorney Accused of Failing to Get Client's Blood Test Evidence Admitted Into DUI Case

A split West Virginia Supreme Court has affirmed a circuit court's order dismissing a legal-malpractice complaint in which a client alleged his lawyer failed to get the blood test results of a DUI stop admitted into evidence.
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September 28, 2023 | Law.com

Washington Supreme Court Majority Clarifies 'Juvenile Strikes' in 'Three Strikes Law' for Sentencing Courts, Persistent Offenders

"[T]he Supreme Court held that Washington's mandatory 'Three Strikes' law may be applied to childhood offenses, and that crimes committed by a child may count as automatic 'strikes' toward a life without parole sentence," Jan Trasen, of the Washington Appellate Project, said in statement. "This disregards evidence-based [Washington state] precedent that 'children are different' from adults, and that they must be sentenced differently. As the dissenting justices said, 'A juvenile charged and sentenced in adult court does not magically become an adult because of the venue in which the case is resolved. … Children are different and age matters.'"
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