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October 07, 2024 | The American Lawyer

SEC Enforcement Leaders Head to Milbank, Morgan Lewis

Enforcement chief Gurbir Grewal will land at Milbank following his forthcoming departure from the agency. Carolyn Welshhans, formerly associate director of the Division of Enforcement, started at Morgan Lewis on Monday.
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October 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Disciplinary Court Suspends Phila. Judge for Political Facebook Posts

"No other case in history of the Court of Judicial Discipline has involved such defiance post decision," the court ruled.
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October 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Could Mounting Litigation Over Contraceptive Depo-Provera Gain Traction in Philadelphia?

"It could be big. I think it could be as big as some of the others we've gotten here," Anapol Weiss shareholder Kila Baldwin said.
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October 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Exciting Docket: A Preview of the US Supreme Court's October Term 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court justices return from their annual summer vacation to an exciting docket. They will examine interesting questions in several areas of law.
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October 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Oct. 7, 2024—Dilworth Paxson, Royer Cooper

Dilworth Paxson announced that attorney Linda Dale Hoffa has been appointed to serve a two-year term as chair of the Pennsylvania State Committee for the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL).
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October 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sales Tax Class Actions and Indemnity Obligations: What's on the Pa. Supreme Court's October Agenda

The justices are scheduled to hear 12 matters over the course of three days, starting Tuesday.
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October 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Judge Rules $12M Crash Verdict Was Backed by Evidence as Case Heads to Appeal

"The jury, acting within their role and calling upon their experiences, was free to infer that appellee's noneconomic harm was significant, resulting in the jury awarding over $10,000,000 in noneconomic damages," Jacquinto ruled.
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October 07, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Turning the Tables: Defense Litigators Embrace Lawsuits, Alleging Fraud at Plaintiffs Shops

"This is a new direction in civil litigation and a new approach by the defense," said Tyson & Mendes partner and head of communications Ashley Fetyko.
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October 04, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Crashworthiness in the 2020s

Over the past 56 years, as vehicle design has matured, the responsibility to provide crashworthy vehicles has been extended to airplanes, buses, cars, vans, SUVs, pick-up trucks, motorcycles and over-the-road trucks. The scope of this duty extends to safety features that can mitigate injury in virtually every type of crash including frontal, rear-end, side and rollover collisions.
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October 04, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Punitive Damages Part of $3.8M Asbestos Verdict Pittsburgh Jury Awards Retired Boilermaker

Cracks in the testimony from the defendant's corporate witnesses spurred the jury to award punitive damages against the company, Chris Madeksho said.
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