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November 21, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

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November 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

ABA Approves Penn State's Plans to Reunify Its Two Law Schools

Penn State Law and Penn State Dickinson Law's reunion is moving full-steam ahead after the schools were initially separated in 2014.
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November 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Allows Elderly Woman's Consumer Protection Suit to Proceed Against Citizens Bank

In Downz v. Citizens Bank, the plaintiff claimed Citizens Bank was negligent in failing to warn her of fraudulent activity and for allegedly allowing her to overdraft her Home Equity Line of Credit account by over $100,000.
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November 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Modernizes Trust Administration With New Directed Trust Statute

By creating these new fiduciary positions, settlors now have more flexibility to structure and assign fiduciary responsibilities within a trust beyond the traditional trustee role.
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November 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Nov. 20, 2024—Rawle & Henderson, Panitch Schwarze

Rawle & Henderson recently welcomed Kushal Davé as an associate to the firm’s Pittsburgh office.
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November 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Approves $1.15M Settlement, Reduces Attorney Award in COVID-19 Tuition Reimbursement Suit

In Cantave v. St. Joseph's University, the court found counsel from Leeds Brown Law and Lynch Carpenter's request for $384,588.20 in fees to be unreasonable.
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November 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Goodwin, Polsinelli, Fox Rothschild Find New Phila. Offices

Two firms have already settled into their new spaces, and another just inked a fresh lease.
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November 19, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Law Firms Are 'Pinching Themselves' Amid Double-Digit Profit Growth and Billing Rate Hikes

Billing rate growth continues to drive law firms' performance in 2024.
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November 19, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Tosses Pilot's $2.5M Wrongful Termination Verdict

“If it became the law that an employee may bring a wrongful discharge claim pursuant to the public policy exception to the at will employment doctrine merely by referring to generalized pronouncements about community interests offered by the General Assembly, the exception would soon swallow the rule,” the court ruled.
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November 19, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Survival Guide for Executives and Board Members: 4 Steps to Safeguard Against Individual Liability for Data Security Failures

With cyberattacks on the rise and class actions arising from cyberattacks being filed at an increased rate, executives and board members increasingly face the risk of being individually targeted in lawsuits brought by class action plaintiffs and governmental bodies alleging individual liability for data security failures.
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