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Resources from the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations’ New Endorsed Carrier
/ 04.Apr, 2013The Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association have recently endorsed CNA as a professional liability insurance carrier. CNA offers some useful legal malpractice . . .
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New Jersey Attorney Arrested for Practicing Without a License
/ 02.Apr, 2013New Jersey attorney, Sergio Pastor, was arrested when he arrived at Kenilworth Municipal Court to represent a client in a dunk driving case. Mr. Pastor, . . .
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Lawyer’s Opinion Not Capable of Being Defamatory
/ 28.Mar, 2013The Legal Intelligencer reported on a decision by Judge Bartle of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissing a defamation claim against Merck and its in-house . . .
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Disbarred for Unreasonable Fee
/ 22.Mar, 2013Ohio based mass tort lawyer, Stan Chesley, has been disbarred in Kentucky (opinion here) for taking a $20 million fee in a diet drug case, in . . .
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Attorneys and Ponzi Schemes- International Edition
/ 20.Mar, 2013We have chronicled the ubiquitous nature of attorney involvement in Ponzi schemes. However, the Ponzi/Attorney connection is not a phenomenon unique to slick Florida lawyers . . .
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Appeal Seeks to Broaden Scope of Who Can Sue Attorneys
/ 14.Mar, 2013The Blog of LegalTimes reports on oral arguments in a legal malpractice action by Boston-Maine Airways Corp. against Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. Summary judgment . . .
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Judicial Conduct in the News
/ 12.Mar, 2013Pennsylvania has had more than its share of judicial conduct issues in the news over the last several months. From the top (conviction of Supreme . . .
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The Superior Court’s Most Recent Legal Malpractice Ruling
/ 07.Mar, 2013On February 19, 2013, the Superior Court issued an opinion in O’Kelly v. Dawson, 421 WDA 2012. Superior Court’s opinion by Judge Wecht upheld a . . .
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New Questions About the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
/ 04.Mar, 2013An article in the Philadelphia Inquirer over the weekend raised questions about whether Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery should have disclosed referral fees received . . .
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The Romantic Alcoholic, Reality, and Disbarment
/ 28.Feb, 2013Lawyers and alcohol have a long history together, both in fiction and real life. From Dickens’ Sydney Carton to Paul Newman’s Frank Gavin, the literary . . .
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