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Josh Byrne’s Article on How to be Reinstated as an Attorney published in Legal Intelligencer
/ 04.Apr, 2017Joshua Byrne, a partner in Swartz Campbell’s professional liability deparment had an article published in The Legal Intelligencer on Monday, March 27, 2017. The article, titled A . . .
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Josh Byrne Has Article Published in Legal Intelligencer
/ 30.Jan, 2017January 30, 2017: Joshua Byrne, a partner in Swartz Campbell’s Professional Liability department, had an article published in The Legal Intelligencer on Friday, January 20, 2017. . . .
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Delaware Court Rules That Liquor Liability Exclusion Defeats Coverage For Catering Facility Where Alcohol Is Served By Third Party
/ 28.Dec, 2016A Delaware Superior Court has held that the Liquor Liability Exclusion of the Commercial General Liability Policy defeats coverage for a negligence claim stemming from . . .
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NJ court rules plaintiffs’ experts’ opinions are inadmissible, grants summary judgment for defendants in two talc cases
/ 06.Sep, 2016Departing from the rulings of judges in other jurisdictions, a New Jersey court Friday barred the plaintiffs’ causation experts from testifying and entered summary judgment . . .
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Genuine Parts Co. v. Cepec: Delaware Supreme Court limits general jurisdiction to corporations that operate in, or have a principal place of business in, Delaware.
/ 28.Apr, 2016Since it was first published in 2014, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman has been reshaping the personal-jurisdiction landscape. Delaware recently . . .
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Superior Court Finds Fraud Exception Does Not Apply to Spousal Communications Privilege
/ 29.Jan, 2016In Cap Glass, Inc. v. Coffman, 2016 WL 157059 (Pa. Super. Jan. 13, 2016) the Superior Court held the trial court erred in compelling the . . .
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Superior Court Again Reaffirms Rule Against Legal Malpractice Cases Following Settlements
/ 01.Jun, 2015In Silvagni v. Shorr, 2015 Pa. Super. 62 (Pa. Super. 2015), the Superior Court, in an opinion written by Judge Lazarus, affirmed the dismissal of a . . .
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Swartz Campbell Partners Achieve Defense Jury Verdict for Doctors
/ 01.May, 2015Swartz Campbell partners, Jeffrey McCarron and Josh Byrne, successfully defended their physician clients in a medical malpractice death case. Following trial, the Philadelphia jury found . . .
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New opinion examines the bar on legal malpractice actions after settlements
/ 03.Apr, 2015On March 31, 2015, Judge Slomsky of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a memorandum opinion in consolidated cases . . .
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Keystone Freight Tries Again
/ 06.Mar, 2015On of the more comprehensive Superior Court opinions on wrongful use of civil proceedings in recent years is Keystone Freight Corp. v. Stricker, 31 A.3d 967 . . .
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