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Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security
/ 12.Dec, 2012Every year Pennsylvania lawyers are asked (required) to pay money into the Pennsylvania Lawyers Fund for Client Security. For the most part, lawyers pay this . . .
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Things You Probably Could Guess Would Make You Lose Your License (Late 2012 Edition)
/ 07.Dec, 2012Beating your client with a baseball bat: West Virginia attorney, Joshua Robinson, lost his law license after beating his client David Gump with a baseball . . .
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Extends Corporate Negligence to Nursing Homes
/ 04.Dec, 2012A unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court has affirmed the extension of the corporate negligence doctrine beyond hospitals to nursing homes. Nearly a full year after it was . . .
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Doctor Charged In Pill Mill Death
/ 29.Nov, 2012A Montgomery County Doctor has been charged in connection with the death of an individual who received oxycodone pills from him without a legitimate medical . . .
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Legal Malpractice Arising Out of Political Scandal
/ 27.Nov, 2012The Philadelphia Inquirer has published an update on the Bowman v. K & L Gates legal malpractice action. The legal malpractice action arose out of . . .
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Texas Expands Statute of Limitations at Akin Gump’s Expense
/ 20.Nov, 2012Last year Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld won summary judgment in a legal malpractice action arising out of a failed real estate development. The . . .
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Client Claims Lawyers Got Him Not Only $104 Million in Pocket, But Also 40 Months in Prison
/ 16.Nov, 2012In September, Bradley Birkenfeld received the largest whistle-blower award ever paid by the IRS, $104 million. however, prior to receiving the award, Mr. Birkenfeld spent . . .
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Judge Nocella
/ 13.Nov, 2012In a predictable move, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has suspended Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas Nocella. We had recently written about the disciplinary charges against him. . . .
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Making Pennsylvania Look Good, or at Least on Par
/ 09.Nov, 2012Pennsylvania is well known for difficulties with some of its judges, from ticket fixing to “cash for kids.” However, Pennsylvania is not alone in dealing . . .
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Foul Trouble
/ 05.Nov, 2012Chicago attorney Marc Samotny, and his law firm, Patzik, Frank & Samotny, have been sued by the former owners of the WNBA team, the Los . . .
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