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November 10, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

JCB Chief Counsel: Conahan Complaint Had 'Area[s] of Concern'

The chief counsel for the Judicial Conduct Board testified Monday before a special commission investigating the Luzerne County judicial scandal that the board forwarded the 2006 complaint filed against former Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Conahan after federal investigators requested a copy.
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October 09, 2003 | Law.com

Musical Parody and the Fair Use Defense

A recent decision in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York shows that the standards for determining if a musical work qualifies as a parody and, if so, whether it constitutes fair use of a copyrighted work, are subtle. The decision concerned the copying of a portion of the classic song "What a Wonderful World," most famously recorded by Louis Armstrong.
10 minute read
September 13, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Associate Satisfaction Sags Even as Layoff Fears Subside

While more than half of Pennsylvania firms listed in The American Lawyer's annual mid-level associates survey moved up in the rankings, only one improved its overall satisfaction score.
6 minute read
June 25, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Big Law salary not clearly tied to value of attorney efforts

The traditional law firm business model pays attorneys based on a black-box calculation, factors of which typically include seniority, expectations and perceived benefit to the firm.
5 minute read
September 14, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Honest Mistake' Can Be Considered Willful Misconduct

An Unemployment Compensation Review Board's decision that a pre-school teacher who claimed she accidentally violated her employer's "100 percent supervision policy" was justified in ruling she was not eligible for unemployment compensation after being fired because an "honest mistake" was not enough to justify the violation, a Superior Court panel has ruled.
6 minute read
September 08, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Size of Appendix or Reproduced Record Doesn't Matter in Appeals

Appellate judges and the lawyers who handle appeals might occasionally wish that an appellate court could decide a particularly fascinating legal issue in the abstract, unconstrained by the facts and circumstances of the case in which the issue arises.
8 minute read
September 28, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Former DeCotiis FitzPatrick Partner Wisler Charged With Bribing Senator

A former partner at one of New Jersey's most prominent law firms is accused of paying $192,000 to a state Sen. Wayne Bryant in exchange for legislation and other favors intended to benefit the attorney's land-developer clients.
5 minute read
March 12, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Morgan Lewis, Paul Weiss, O'Melveny Advise on Buy that Pairs Twinkies with Pabst Blue Ribbon

Hostess said Tuesday that the $410 million offer made by Apollo Global Management and Metropolous &amp Co. is the winning bid in a bankruptcy court auction organized to sell the company's snack cake business, which includes the iconic treat Twinkies. The three Am Law 100 firms are advising Apollo and Metropoulos, while Jones Day is representing Hostess.
4 minute read
September 23, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Citing Budget Cuts, Judge Rejects Juror-Protection Measures

Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. said the price tag for partial sequestration of the jury in a trial of gang members was "not insubstantial," and that such procedures "have fallen victim to the devastating mandatory cuts."
5 minute read
February 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A lawyer should not become the executor of an estate

Q:I have been seeing a number of wills where the will specifies that a lawyer is to be the named executor. Is it an ethical violation for a lawyer to place in the will that the lawyer is to be the executor?
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