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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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To friend request, or not to friend request, that is the question
/ 29.Jul, 2011With Google about to launch Google+, its own social networking site, to rival the reigning king of social networks, Facebook, it is a good time . . .
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Social Networking Revisited
/ 29.Jul, 2011We have received considerable response to our initial foray into an analysis of the evidentiary value of social networking. Plaintiffs may present one face to . . .
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Funky Malpractice
/ 26.Jul, 2011Malpractice litigation has a funky new participant. Parliament Funkadelic star George Clinton has sued his former attorneys for allegedly failing to bring a RICO action on . . .
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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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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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Legal Malpractice Claims on the Rise
/ 07.Jul, 2011We recently told you about the continuing good news concerning the numbers of medical malpractice actions in Pennsylvania. The news with respect to legal malpractice . . .
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So tell me where it hurts: Pennsylvania and Fibromyalgia Claims
/ 07.Jul, 2011A little bit of Latin makes people think you are smarter than you really are. Maybe that is why judges, lawyers, professors and US Currency . . .
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Tort Reform Bill Signed
/ 30.Jun, 2011Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett signed into law the Fair Share Act, a tort reform bill. S.B. 1131 makes significant changes to Pennsylvania’s joint and several . . .
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