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September 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Overseeing Philadelphia's Mass Torts Program: Judge Roberts Talks Transparency, Certainty and Efficiency

There's a lot at stake when it comes to the rulings building up to a mass tort trial, and in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, most of those rulings come from Judge Joshua Roberts. Roberts, head of the court's Complex Litigation Center, said his goal is to provide parties with ample opportunity to be heard while still ruling globally wherever an issue applies more widely.
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September 12, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Below-Market Associates Believe They Deserve the Market Compensation. Are They Right?

Midlevel associates say below-market compensation may cause them to leave, especially when billable hours match expectations at better-paying competitors.
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September 11, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Faegre Drinker Adds Three Former Federal Prosecutors From Greenberg Traurig

Partner Jessica Natali is based in Philadelphia, while partner Carolyn McNiven and associate Brittany Fisher are in San Francisco.
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September 11, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bayada Agrees to $13.5M Settlement With Nurses in Wage Class Action

Plaintiffs in the action claimed that Bayada failed to pay nurses for time they spent giving or receiving reports on patients' status at the beginning and end of shifts and for time they spent completing company-mandated trainings.
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September 11, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

'Plant Your Flag': Pennsylvania-Based Pietragallo Expands Across the River to the Garden State

"If you are not in New Jersey, you are not in New Jersey, even if you are right across the bridge and able to come over," Scott A. Coffina, a Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti partner, said. "We thought having the presence will put us top of mind for potential clients and really make them think that we are in New Jersey as opposed to just capable of working in New Jersey, like other jurisdictions."
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September 11, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Future Proofing Your Contracts for DORA

The EU wants to bring a harmonious, standards-based approach to regulating how financial businesses monitor resilience and avoid ICT-related risks. Up until now, cloudy guidance on how this can be achieved creates further risk. Enter DORA with its intentions to provide clarity to financial entities. This includes expanded requirements that must be incorporated into contracts between financial entities and ICT third-party providers.
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September 11, 2024 | Law.com

AI Abroad

In this episode of AI Here and Now podcast series, IP Partner Cory Fisher and Privacy Partner Camila Tobón discuss how other countries are regulating AI and what that may mean for you.
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September 11, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Leonard Packel, Villanova Law Professor, Dies at 89

Leonard Packel, of Philadelphia and Wynnewood, professor at Villanova Law School, died peacefully on Monday at the age of 89.
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September 11, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Sept. 11, 2024—Lamb McErlane

Lamb McErlane partner Jake D. Becker was a presenter at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's (PBI) seminar on civil practice procedures in Chester County and partner George C. Zumbano was a course planner.
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September 10, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Second 50 Law Firms Are Moving Up With Game-Changing Combinations

If you're outside the top 50, it's harder to grow through laterals without being dented by attrition of your own, industry analysts say.
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