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Continuing Increase in Large Legal Malpractice Claims

/ 15.Jul, 2014

Insurance broker Ames & Gough has released its fourth annual survey of lawyers’ professional liability claims.  The insurance companies reported the number of claims has . . .

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Article in Intelligencer on Attorneys, Technology, Ethics and Professional Liability

/ 25.Jun, 2014

Find a new article by Swartz Campbell’s Josh J.T. Byrne, Esquire on technology issues for attorneys- Here

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Ethics Attorney Disbarred

/ 14.Apr, 2014

A Houston attorney with a practice concentrating on ethics complaints and licensing issues for lawyers and doctors has been disbarred.  Robert S. Bennett of Houston . . .

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Swartz Campbell Partner Quoted in Law360 Article

/ 08.Nov, 2013

Swartz Campbell partner, Josh J.T. Byrne, Esquire, was quoted in a Law360 article about the decision by Duane Morris to settle the Coleman case (subscription . . .

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Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct Amended

/ 01.Nov, 2013

On October 22, 2013, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ordered the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct be amended effective in 30 days.  The order adopted . . .

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Column by Swartz Campbell Partner on the Legal Intelligencer Website

/ 24.Oct, 2013

Swartz Campbell partner, Josh J.T. Byrne, Esquire, will regularly contribute articles on professional liability for the Legal Intelligencer Website.  Mr. Byrne’s first column was published . . .

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Retired Bucks County Lawyer Indicted for Defrauding Estate of $1.7 Million

/ 23.Oct, 2013

Retired Bucks County attorney, Randolph Scott (no not that Randolph Scott), has been indicted on tax and identity theft charges.  The indictment charges Scott with . . .

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The Ramifications of a Fraudulent Claim

/ 11.Oct, 2013

For years, Robert Peirce & Associates brought thousands of asbestos claims against CSX Transportation, Inc.  Then, CSX turned the tables.  Beginning in 2005, CSX alleged . . .

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Mortgage Foreclosure Conspirator Disbarred

/ 11.Sep, 2013

The disbarment on consent of Sean Ryan McBride was only the most recent step in McBride’s downfall.  In October of last year, McBride was sentenced . . .

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The Superior Court’s Most Recent Legal Malpractice Ruling

/ 07.Mar, 2013

On 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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