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Publication Date: 2020-04-27
Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Kearney
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Case Number: 20-0438
Plaintiffs, female trusty inmates, moved for attorney fees in their equal protection and sex discrimination case, defendants objected and court found some objections to billing for paralegal and clerical tasks were well-founded but denied objections seeking to reduce the fee on the grounds that plaintiffs were not prevailing parties. Motion granted in part.
Publication Date: 2020-04-27
Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stabile
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Case Number: 20-0437
Appellant appealed the judgment in favor of appellee in its action for conversion against appellant law firm that subsequently represented individual in lawsuit and dispersed proceeds of settlement to individual and court found appellant's conduct did not deprive appellee of the funds but rather provided individual with the funds he could have used to compensate appellee. Vacated and remanded.
Publication Date: 2020-04-20
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Lazarus
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Case Number: 20-0415
Tortious interference to inheritance claim against attorney failed as a matter of law where there was no allegation that testator intended to benefit plaintiff in her will and was prevented from doing so by defendant attorney. Order of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2020-04-06
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stabile
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Case Number: 20-0365
Criminal defendant not entitled to relief from trial judge's alleged ex parte communications where defendant knowingly waived jury trial with knowledge of the alleged communications and waited until after a verdict of conviction to seek recusal. Judgement of sentence affirmed.
Publication Date: 2020-03-30
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bowes
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Case Number: 20-0344
Trial court erred in terminating parent's rights where child was afforded ineffective assistance of counsel and where child expressed opposition to adoption, which was also opposed by the GAL. Order of the trial court affirmed, decree terminating parental rights vacated, case remanded.
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Publication Date: 2020-03-30
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge DuBois
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Case Number: 20-0343
Court erred in dismissing defamation claim against attorneys under judicial immunity privilege when plaintiff alleged that defendants had never intended to initiate judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings when making alleged defamatory statements about plaintiff. Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration granted.
Publication Date: 2020-03-23
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Schwab
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Case Number: 20-0317
Attorney who worked under another attorney was not entitled to recover the fees awarded in a settlement where the parties had no agreement to split legal fees and where it was reasonable for the primary attorney who advanced the costs of the litigation to receive the fee award for his risk. Defendants' motion for summary judgment granted.
Publication Date: 2020-03-23
Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
Industry: Education | Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Savage
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Case Number: 20-0319
Plaintiff moved for attorney fees and costs and court fixed plaintiff's attorney fee rate at $437.50, reduced the number of hours billed and eliminated time spent pursuing issues on which plaintiff did not prevail and awarded attorney fees in the amount of $95,500 and $1,200 in costs. Motion granted.
Publication Date: 2020-03-23
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Olson
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Case Number: 20-0308
The lower court's denial of the Defender Association of Philadelphia's motions to withdraw was contrary to the state high court's mandate that an advocate for an indigent party must have the time, resources and skill to adequately represent an indigent party to guarantee his or her constitutional right to counsel. The superior court reversed and remanded.
Publication Date: 2020-03-23
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Consulting | Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Pappert
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Case Number: 20-0312
Objection to production of documents claimed under the attorney-client privilege overruled where documents did not indicate they were generated to obtain legal advice or services from in-house counsel. Objection to special master's opinion overruled.
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