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Pennsylvania Dentists Now Required to Have Liability Insurance
/ 26.Jul, 2012Dental malpractice cases are not uncommon. A new law in Pennsylvania, Act 65 of 2012 (S.B. 388) requires all dentists to carry professional liability insurance. The . . .
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Who will pay Sandusky’s legal costs?
/ 24.Jul, 2012A second law suit has been filed by an insurance company attempting to get a ruling that they do not have to pay Jerry Sandusky’s . . .
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NLRB Launches New Protected Activity Website
/ 23.Jul, 2012The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently launched a website to raise employee awareness of protected activity. Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act . . .
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Another List of Good Habits
/ 20.Jul, 2012Here is a nice excerpt from the ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct to add to our list of lists on legal malpractice avoidance. This . . .
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“Every Fiber” Is Not a Substantial Causing Factor in Asbestos-related Diseases
/ 18.Jul, 2012In the case of Betz v. Pneumo Abex LLC, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs cannot rely on the theory that every fiber of inhaled . . .
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Hospitals Without Insurance
/ 17.Jul, 2012The New York Times has published an interesting article on troubled hospitals in New York which are not maintaining medical malpractice insurance. The article (and . . .
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Limited Scope Engagements
/ 11.Jul, 2012We have previously written on the importance of defining who you represent and for what purposes you represent them. There are situations in which an . . .
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Malpractice Issues in Business Transactions
/ 09.Jul, 2012CNA recently released the results of a study of approximately one thousand closed legal malpractice cases arising out of business transactions. Highlights of the study . . .
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Blogging about client’s cases
/ 04.Jul, 2012We have previously blogged about our golden rule for social media: do not post anything you would not want seen blown up as an exhibit . . .
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New Jersey Court Finds that Employees Have Privacy Rights for Facebook Posts
/ 29.Jun, 2012On May 30, 2012, the United States District Court of New Jersey ruled that an employee had protected privacy rights in regards to a post . . .
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