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1525 ABA Journal Pennsylvania articles.

15-Lawyer Ore. Firm Opens 2nd Office—in Pa.; Ex-K&L Gates Atty to Build ‘Virtual’ Enviro Office

A Portland, Ore., law firm has made an unusual move, opening a second office in Pittsburgh last week. Headed by a former associate of K&L Gates, Phillip Bender, the new office of Bateman Seidel Miner Blomgren Chellis & Gram also is taking a cutting-edge approach to law practice, reports the…

Nov 8, 2010 5:15 PM CST

Saul Ewing Interviews Emphasize Critical Life Decisions

The 25 lawyers at Saul Ewing who interview would-be associates are being trained to delve deeper into job candidates’ life decisions and how they handled obstacles. The aim is to learn how the job candidates would function at the law firm, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. “The focus now is on…

Nov 8, 2010 1:55 PM CST

Estate of Slain Gun-Rights Advocate Loses $1M Suit Over Brief Loss of Concealed-Carry Permit

Saying that concealed-carry regulations have traditionally been recognized as valid under the Second Amendment, a federal district court in central Pennsylvania has dismissed a federal lawsuit against a local sheriff in the Harrisburg area. The suit was brought by a woman whose concealed-carry permit was temporarily lifted after she took…

Nov 3, 2010 9:04 PM CDT

Debt Collector Faked Court Hearings to Trick Consumers into Paying Up, Says AG’s Suit

A Pennsylvania debt collector conducted fake court hearings in a mock courtroom in its offices and even sent uniformed officers who appeared to be sheriff’s deputies to serve civil subpoenas demanding that consumers appear for “hearings” and “depositions,” the state attorney general’s office contends in a lawsuit. Intimidated consumers allegedly…

Nov 1, 2010 6:59 PM CDT

Pennsylvania Janitor Accused of Spying Through Courthouse Peephole

A Pennsylvania janitor is facing charges of invasion of privacy based on accusations he spied on women in a courthouse restroom in Beaver County. Fired maintenance employee Daniel Caul is accused of looking at the women through two peepholes in a wall and metal cover between the restroom and an…

Oct 28, 2010 12:41 PM CDT

Buchanan Ingersoll Hires Social Media Consultant

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has hired a consultant to train its lawyers how to use social media and created a policy governing their use of the technology. The law firm is one of several Pennsylvania firms using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and even YouTube as a marketing tool, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…

Oct 19, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

Trademark Suit Claims ‘Field of Screams’ Name Belongs to Pa. Attraction

A haunted house in Maryland calling itself Field of Screams is facing a trademark suit by an attraction with the same name in Pennsylvania. The Field of Screams in Mountville, Pa., claims in the suit that it had the name first and holds the trademark for a market that includes…

Oct 18, 2010 3:39 PM CDT

$156K Fee Award in $245M Case ‘On the Stingy Side’ But Upheld By 2nd Circuit

A $245 million federal securities class action settlement never would have been achieved but for its work in bringing the initial federal cases on which it was based, a Pennsylvania law firm contends. Even if that’s true, however, Chimicles & Tikellis is stuck with an attorney’s fee award of just…

Oct 15, 2010 10:00 AM CDT

Pa. Law or Philly Judge May Prevent Presidential Streaker from Collecting on $1M Dare

A billionaire who promised to pay $1 million to anyone who ran naked in front of President Obama plans to decide today whether to pay the streaker who tried to comply. Juan Rodriguez, a 24-year-old New York man, was arrested on Sunday for his “commando-in-chief stunt” at a presidential rally…

Oct 13, 2010 11:32 AM CDT

2 Teens Get $185K, Lawyer Gets $425K in School Webcam Spy Case

The school board of a suburban Philadelphia district has agreed to pay $610,000 to settle a suit by two students who say they were spied upon in their own homes via district-issued laptop computers equipped with webcams. Of that total, $175,000 will be put in trust for the student who…

Oct 12, 2010 5:44 PM CDT

Add Leon County, Fla., to List of Jurisdictions Probing Planned New Courthouse Construction

It isn’t just in Maricopa County, Ariz., and Philadelphia that expensive new court construction efforts have drawn fire. A grand jury is being convened in Leon County, Fla., to address an unidentified citizen’s complaint about a planned $48 million new courthouse for the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee,…

Sep 23, 2010 6:11 PM CDT

Extras Wanted for New PBS Human Rights Trial Program Pilot Starring Ogletree & Cherie Blair

Law and international affairs leaders will be among a number of well-known attorneys showcased in an upcoming PBS series on human rights trials that is being produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting. And for those who expect to be in central Pennsylvania within the next week there’s even a chance…

Sep 14, 2010 9:51 PM CDT

Lawyer Indicted, Accused of Diverting $380K in Law Firm Fees

Updated: A Philadelphia lawyer has been federally indicted for tax evasion, wire fraud and obstruction of justice, after allegedly diverting $380,000 from his clients that should have gone to his law firm. Charles Naselsky, 50, is also accused of filing a false 2005 tax return and falsely telling investigators in…

Sep 10, 2010 6:34 PM CDT

Defense Firm Says It Was Fired After Saying Client Board Must Be Told of $350K Pact

The head of Cozen O’Connor says the well-known law firm was fired after it insisted that the client’s board be told of a settlement concerning a sexual harassment claim made against its executive director by a female employee. The settlement resolved the third of four cases that could cost a…

Sep 3, 2010 7:44 PM CDT

Steptoe Opens First Pa. Office with 18-Lawyer Energy Team from Competing Law Firm

Updated: Steptoe & Johnson has brought in a team of energy lawyers from a western Pennsylvania law firm to anchor a new office there. The firm doesn’t say how many attorneys have joined its new Meadville office from Culbertson, Weiss, Schetroma and Schug. However, its website shows 18 energy lawyers…

Sep 1, 2010 5:38 PM CDT

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15-Lawyer Ore. Firm Opens 2nd Office—in Pa.; Ex-K&L Gates Atty to Build ‘Virtual’ Enviro Office

Saul Ewing Interviews Emphasize Critical Life Decisions

Estate of Slain Gun-Rights Advocate Loses $1M Suit Over Brief Loss of Concealed-Carry Permit

Debt Collector Faked Court Hearings to Trick Consumers into Paying Up, Says AG’s Suit

Pennsylvania Janitor Accused of Spying Through Courthouse Peephole

Buchanan Ingersoll Hires Social Media Consultant

Trademark Suit Claims ‘Field of Screams’ Name Belongs to Pa. Attraction

$156K Fee Award in $245M Case ‘On the Stingy Side’ But Upheld By 2nd Circuit

Pa. Law or Philly Judge May Prevent Presidential Streaker from Collecting on $1M Dare

2 Teens Get $185K, Lawyer Gets $425K in School Webcam Spy Case

Add Leon County, Fla., to List of Jurisdictions Probing Planned New Courthouse Construction

Extras Wanted for New PBS Human Rights Trial Program Pilot Starring Ogletree & Cherie Blair

Lawyer Indicted, Accused of Diverting $380K in Law Firm Fees

Defense Firm Says It Was Fired After Saying Client Board Must Be Told of $350K Pact

Steptoe Opens First Pa. Office with 18-Lawyer Energy Team from Competing Law Firm

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