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The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia, Texas Personal-Injury Firms Dismiss Fee Fight Over $44M Injury Case

The dispute, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, stemmed from a $44 million settlement secured for a Texas oilfield worker who was paralyzed after an improperly attached light fixture on an oil derrick fell more than 100 feet onto his head.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Court: Attorney Doesn't Have to Return $65K Legal Fee to Estate

A Pennsylvania lawyer who was paid for legal services by the daughter of an incapacitated woman is under no obligation to return that money to the estate, despite an Orphans' Court's finding that the fee was paid using funds that were unlawfully transferred to the daughter.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Court Upholds Dismissal of Injury Case as Sanction for 'Cavalier' Discovery Violations

In a ruling that could prove instructive as to where courts should draw the line when it comes to discovery violations, the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the dismissal of a motor vehicle accident case as a sanction after the plaintiff repeatedly failed to appear for a deposition and sent incomplete and untimely responses to discovery requests.
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New York Law Journal

Court Quashes Non-Party Subpoena as Unduly Burdensome

Compliance with Rule 45 subpoenas can subject non-parties to significant burden and expense. Limited case law and secondary sources on this topic leave non-parties with little guidance on the best way to mount effective challenges to non-party subpoenas. But a recent decision from the Northern District of California and new commentary from The Sedona Conference may help change that, which H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss in this edition of their Federal E-Discovery column,
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Corporate Counsel

Pfizer Assistant General Counsel: Climate Change Is Part of Enterprise Risk

The New York State Bar Association session addressed environmental and energy risks facing companies doing business in New York.
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New York Law Journal

Settlement Authority and Municipal Discovery

In her Western District Roundup, Sharon M. Porcellio discusses two cases, one that highlights the need for clear and unambiguous communication between an attorney and client about settlement authority, and the other that illustrates the complications of discovery involving metadata and confidential department records from municipalities.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Court Upholds Invalidating Retainer Agreement, Calls for Committee Review of Fee-Shifting Rules

The Supreme Court upheld the invalidation of a retainer agreement in a suit involving fee shifting, but also said the underlying issue needs a closer look from an ad hoc committee.
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New York Law Journal

US Judge Swats Attorney Fee Provisions in Rejecting Pest Repeller Class Settlement

U.S. District Judge William Pauley's order did not wade into the substance of the compensation, but rather focused on the attorney fee provision of the proposal.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Supreme Court Quashes USPTO Fee Policy

The U.S. Supreme Court has spoken: challenging U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rulings no longer carries an automatic price tag. The USPTO's contention that, win or lose, challengers of its decisions must pay the USPTO's attorney fees, is no longer valid.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Clarifying Jurisdictional Law, 3rd Circ. Kicks Law Firms' Multimillion-Dollar Fee Dispute Out of Pa.

In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, tossing out a fight over millions in attorney fees between two law firms from Texas and Ohio, has held that a defendant's removal of a case to federal court does not equal consent to jurisdiction.
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