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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court Throws Out Disciplinary Charges Over Lawyer's $1M Fee Request

"This is very significant not just for this individual case but for the profession," said BrotmanLaw's Ellen Brotman, who represented Michael Pisanchyn.
4 minute read

Law.com

Ex Parte Trademark Appeals to District Court — Lessons Learned from the Front Lines

Although pursuit of an appeal of an adverse ex parte decision from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to the Federal Circuit may under some circumstances prove to be quicker and less expensive, appeals to district courts are becoming increasingly attractive given recent changes in the law and USPTO practice in defending these actions. Based on the authors' recent experience in several such appeals, they can share the following lessons learned.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

3 Lawyers Just Got Closer to Judgeships in Area Beset by Vacancies

The votes to advance their nominations come at a critical time for the courts in Union County, which has six vacancies, tying it with Mercer County for the largest number of vacancies in the state judiciary.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'This Case Was My Life': Solo Practitioner Gets $4.9M Settlement

"You had to really have a vision of what was happening here," solo practitioner Michelle Holmes said. "This idea that people got fired over complaining about a porta-potty in the parking lot, nobody could really see the First Amendment component of the case. ... I really dug deep and I could see what the case was about."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Industrial Products Company Hit With Products Liability Suit Over Drill's Lack of Safety Precautions

Attorneys with Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky filed the Oct. 22 suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of Logan Freiermuth.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Court Rejects City of Philadelphia's Request to Appoint New Judge in Related Case

U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg examined Local Civil Rule 40.1, which governs the assignment of related cases, and calls for the assignment of the same judge to related cases, in order to promote efficient case management.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Let the Judge Be the Judge, And Let the Lawyers Be the Lawyers': The 'Masterful' MDL Work of Judge Eduardo Robreno

"I consider [him] one of the greatest federal judges in the history of the United States," a colleague said of Robreno, an American Lawyer Lifetime Achievement honoree.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Standing to Sue? 3rd-Party Discrimination Dispute Lands Before Justices

"What is the violation of your client's own rights?," Justice Andrew A. Pinson asked appellant counsel during oral arguments Tuesday.
7 minute read

International Edition

Intel Secures Hard-Won Victory in Decades-Long Legal Wrangle With EU Regulator

The judgment centered on a 2004 antitrust investigation launched two competition chiefs ago.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

What Social Media Can Tell You About Your Jury

"It's that outpouring of emotion that I am particularly interested in finding, because those people tend to be the most strident in deliberations and frequently for the plaintiff," Jill Leibold, a senior jury consulting adviser with IMS Legal Strategies, said.
5 minute read

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