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Continuing Increase in Large Legal Malpractice Claims
/ 15.Jul, 2014Insurance broker Ames & Gough has released its fourth annual survey of lawyers’ professional liability claims. The insurance companies reported the number of claims has . . .
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How Not to Handle Administrative Suspension
/ 02.Jul, 2014Two recent disciplinary opinions from the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania illustrate how not to handle an administrative suspension. The Supreme Court’s . . .
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Josh Byrne, Esquire named as a Hearing Committee Member serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
/ 30.Jun, 2014Swartz Campbell partner, Josh J.T. Byrne, Esquire, was named as a Hearing Committee Member serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. . . .
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Article in Intelligencer on Attorneys, Technology, Ethics and Professional Liability
/ 25.Jun, 2014Find a new article by Swartz Campbell’s Josh J.T. Byrne, Esquire on technology issues for attorneys- Here
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Summary Judgment in Pennsylvania Legal Malpractice Action Reversed
/ 12.Jun, 2014In the case of Sokolsky v. Eidelman, 2014 PA Super 117, Janice Sokolsky asserted attorney Edward Eidelman did not pursue a medical malpractice action on her . . .
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Busy Bees
/ 25.Mar, 2014The South Dakota Supreme Court heard argument yesterday in a legal malpractice action involving questions of conflict of interest. The underlying issue was an agreement . . .
Read More..Another Attorney Charged With Stealing From the Elderly
/ 20.Mar, 2014We have previously documented a number of cases of attorneys preying on elderly victims. Attorney, Barbara Lieberman, an elder law specialist, was arrested yesterday on . . .
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Interesting Ruling in Dougherty v. Philadelphia Newspapers
/ 17.Mar, 2014One of the more intently watched cases in Philadelphia recently has been the ongoing battle between union leader John J. Dougherty and Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, . . .
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Pennsylvania Governor Signs “Fair Share Act” into law
/ 12.Jul, 2011On June 28, 2011, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed into law Senate Bill 1131, also known as the “Fair Share Act”, which amends the Comparative . . .
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