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January 24, 2005 |

News In Brief

The catchall six-year statute of limitations to filing civil actions in Pennsylvania applies to Act 534 claims for injuries sustained by employees of state mental hospitals, the Commonwealth Court has ruled in a case of first impression.
8 minute read
November 13, 2007 |

Taxes Are Not Necessarily a Certain Thing

Many law firms have offices in multiple states and also work for clients in states in which they don't have offices. The tax ramifications of doing business in more than one state are complex and uncertain, possibly leading to a higher tax liability and higher costs of complying with many different tax laws and regulations. Beers & Cutler attorney Bill Apple explains what law firms can do to comply with the tax rule requirements of various states.
7 minute read
October 18, 2007 |

Judge fines lawyers suing Chevron over Ecuador operations

SAN FRANCISCO AP - A federal judge has sharply rebuked lawyers suing Chevron Corp. for allegedly causing cancer after polluting areas of Ecuador and ordered the lead attorney to pay a $45,000 fine after wrongly claiming that some of the purported victims were sick.The judge also found that the three purported victims didn't even know that the lawyers were filing a federal lawsuit here in their names.
2 minute read
October 11, 2011 |

Beneficial Mut. Saving Bank v. Gelt Financial Corp., PICS Case No. 11-4165 (C.P. Philadelphia Sept. 12, 2011) Panepinto, J. (7 pages).

The court refused to open a confessed judgment where the subject loan documents and subsequent modification were clear on their face that a default would occur if defendants did not pay the entire loan debt off by a particular modified maturity date. Affirmance recommended.
3 minute read
May 24, 2004 |

Kurian v. Anisman

The trial court properly refused to accept plaintiffs' expert report on the grounds of unfair surprise and prejudice to defendants, where plaintiffs first submitted the report in response to defendants' summary judgment motion. Affirmed.
1 minute read
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February 20, 2006 |

Firms Put Private Investigators On The Payroll

In a perfect world, firms could employ private investigators who are as skilled as pseudo-bumbling television police detective Columbo.
3 minute read
July 19, 2004 |

Effort to Add Amendments Misuses Time and Taxpayer Money

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has been out and about vigorously advocating various amendments to the U.S. Constitution in what is an exercise in disingenuous polemics, with a flawed rendition of American constitutional history.
5 minute read
July 26, 2013 |

'Myriad' Aftermath: What Remains Patent Eligible?

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft partner Dorothy R. Auth writes: The Supreme Court's recent holding sent shock waves throughout the biotech IP community not only because the court invalidated a class of commonly issued patent claims, but also because it established a bright-line distinction between naturally and non-naturally occurring compounds. However, a calmer reading of 'Myriad' reveals that its reach may be more limited than first reported.
7 minute read
July 24, 2006 |

Commonwealth v. In re D.S.

Because the juvenile was actually 15 years old when he allegedly committed robbery and aggravated assault with a handgun, the Juvenile Court should have granted the commonwealth's petition to transfer the matter, on jurisdictional grounds, to the criminal court division. Vacated and remanded.
1 minute read
April 01, 2011 |

Judge tosses suit vs. county in Pa. girl's death

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A lawsuit against child welfare officials filed by the estate of a mentally disabled Pennsylvania girl who died after being repeatedly beaten by her adoptive mother has been tossed by a federal judge.
2 minute read

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