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Justices Expound on Probing Bias of Nonparty Experts
There are ways to determine in discovery any potential bias of a frequent expert witness without requesting personal financial records, according to the state Supreme Court.Judge Gene D. Cohen Planning To Join Montgomery McCracken
Looking for a new challenge after 16 years on the bench, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Gene D. Cohen will step down and join Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads in March as of counsel in the litigation department.
New Phila. Bar Executive Director Prepares for Challenges
Mark A. Tarasiewicz, who is set to succeed retiring Philadelphia Bar Association Executive Director Kenneth Shear early next year, said he is optimistic about the future of the association as he prepares to take on the challenges of his new role, which will include involving more young lawyers in the bar association and maintaining the association's prosperity in a difficult economic climate.Green With Envy? Dechert`s Raises Might Not Create Backlash of Cash Among Rivals
Most managing partners at large Philadelphia firms say they will not follow the pattern of two years ago and increase first-year associate salaries in response to Dechert`s recent decision to raise the bar to $125,000. But if one or two of their peer firms match Dechert or come close, managers indicated, they might have a change of heart.Schnader Sued in N.Y. After Client's Stock Options Expire
A former client has sued Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis and New York managing partner M. Christine Carty alleging they failed to advise him his $5 million in stock options would expire within four months of leaving his job at MasterCard.
Law Clerks Offer Big Opportunities for Small Firms
In this difficult economy the legal job market is an increasingly competitive place. There are more law students seeking clerk positions than the larger firms can handle or want.Executive Privilege Battle Intensifies Over Bush's Refusal to Let Miers Testify
A House panel began clearing the way Thursday for contempt proceedings against former White House counsel Harriet Miers after she obeyed President Bush and skipped a hearing on the firings of federal prosecutors.
Double Jeopardy May Apply to Former Adelphia Execs
Two former executives of Adelphia Communications Corp. may be entitled to dismissal on double jeopardy grounds of the conspiracy charges lodged against them in a second indictment now that the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has voted 7-4 in their favor.
Section 548's Two Year Look-Back Period Not a Statute of Limitations
In Industrial Enterprises of America Inc. v. Burtis (In re Pitt Penn Holding Co. Inc.), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware was faced with an issue of apparent first impression in the 3rd Circuit: whether the two year look-back period set forth in § 548 of the Bankruptcy Code is subject to equitable tolling. The court held that it was not.Trending Stories
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