A Pennsylvania lawyer has been freed after spending more than 14 years in jail for refusing to give his ex-wife more than $2.5 million in a divorce settlement.
A Philadelphia lawyer who helped save three people from drowning off the coast of New Jersey attributes the rescue to a series of chance circumstances.
Villanova law dean Mark Sargent, who abruptly resigned last week, had been identified in a police report as a prostitution customer, according to a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Pennsylvania lawyer initially portrayed by his counsel as a victim has now pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to a $2.5 million juvenile detention judicial…
News today that Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis is cutting associate—and partner—pay is the latest in a series of announcements that seem to signal a seismic shift in the way…
Adding to a growing law firm economy trend intended to add value to corporate clients’ legal spending, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis is implementing an across-the-board pay cut for associates…
A Pennsylvania mother who worked as a secretary at her daughter’s Huntingdon County high school has been criminally charged with altering hundreds of grades, including those of a few classmates,…
A Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer reportedly went “ballistic” in Philadelphia last week, targeting a courthouse chair for abuse after a judge made a mistaken bail ruling concerning his client. But…
Robert Louis, who co-chairs the wealth management and estates and trusts practice at Saul Ewing in Philadelphia, has found himself doing something unexpected.
Law firms more and more are promoting that they offer alternative fee options for clients—something different from the traditional billable-hour model.
Now the mid-Atlantic firm Saul Ewing has stepped it…
Updated: A federal bankruptcy judge has blasted a proposed bankruptcy plan to resolve asbestos claims as the product of collusion and refused to approve it.
A Philadelphia federal judge ruling in a copyright and trademark case managed to pack four references to songs by Bon Jovi in a case in which the rocker was one…
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