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/ 20.Oct, 2011Know what’s happening in your office A filing is not filed until you see the stamp or electronic confirmation I gave it to the paralegal/secretary . . .
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Childish
/ 02.Sep, 2011The Philly.com website published an amusing article today about Delaware attorneys being reminded of their duty to be civilized. The Judge is not the first . . .
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Gaming the System
/ 24.Aug, 2011Many legal malpractice actions arise out of underlying problems attorneys have that are unrelated to the legal matters they are handling. According to various studies, . . .
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Be Careful What You Promise
/ 19.Aug, 2011Managing client expectations is one of the foremost weapons in an attorney’s malpractice avoidance arsenal. Clients who know what is coming are much less likely . . .
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Twenty-Eight Years
/ 11.Aug, 2011Former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge, Mark A. Ciavarella, Jr., was sentenced this morning to 28 years imprisonment in the now infamous “cash . . .
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Beg, borrow, steal?
/ 01.Aug, 2011We have written before on the dangers of “easy money” for lawyers. This morning’s paper brings news of another lawyer facing fraud charges for accepting . . .
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Guilty
/ 13.Jul, 2011As expected, former Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia attorney Roosevelt Hairston, has pled guilty to stealing $1.7 million dollars from that institution. For further information on . . .
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2011 Discipline Review
/ 13.Jul, 2011With a little more than half of the year gone, it is a good time to take a look at why lawyers have been receiving . . .
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Judged Guilty
/ 24.Jun, 2011Former Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Bernard Snyder has an interesting history. He actually made history as the first sitting judge in Philadelphia history . . .
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Who and what are you responsible for?
/ 22.Jun, 2011Bonnie Sweeten, the infamous “hoax mom,” is back in the news following her guilty plea to a count of wire fraud and a count of . . .
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