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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Judge Stands by $1M Fine Against Attorney

The Philadelphia judge who sanctioned attorney Nancy Raynor for close to $1 million for evoking a banned reference to smoking in a lung-cancer-related medical malpractice case—which resulted in a mistrial—said Raynor's punishment was "reasonable."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Sarbanes-Oxley Claim Sticks to Merck

Merck & Co. couldn't shake a suit brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by a former employee with a motion to dismiss in federal court.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Denial of Coverage for Class Action Against Cigna Upheld

The state Superior Court has upheld a ruling that Cigna Corp. is not entitled to coverage for liability arising from a class action brought by former and current employees alleging the company misled them about their retirement benefits.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Independent Verifier' Indicted in Rothstein Fraud

An unsealed indictment charges Surfside investment adviser Michael Szafranski with conspiracy and wire fraud in helping disbarred law firm chairman Scott Rothstein recruit investors.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

This Legal Malpractice Case Will Have Your Head Spinning

Counterclaims resulted in a $2 million settlement paid to United HealthCare by a Naples surgical center that started the litigation.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward County Offers Amnesty on Traffic Fines

Traffic-ticket amnesty could benefit thousands of drivers next week under an offer waiving a 35 percent late payment fee.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

What the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Plans to Do With Florida Same-Sex Marriage Appeal

The 11th Circuit says it won't consider an appeal by the state's attorney general's office challenging same-sex marriage, which became legal last month.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Silk Road Creator Convicted of Running Illegal Drug Site

After three weeks of evidence, a federal jury took about three hours to convict Ross Ulbricht Wednesday on all charges of running the Silk Road website as an underground marketplace for illegal drugs with Bitcoins as the currency.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Aid-in-Dying' Suit Attempts to Prevent Physician Prosecutions

Attorneys for a group of terminally ill patients have sued the state attorney general and several district attorneys in an effort to prevent the prosecution of physicians who provide assistance in dying to terminally ill, mentally competent patients.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Case Over Fired Open Records Officer Set for En Banc Hearing

The Commonwealth Court has scheduled a March en banc session to hear arguments over Gov. Tom Wolf's dismissal of the executive director of the Office of Open Records.
6 minute read

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