Malpractice insurance won’t cover more than $780,000 in losses claimed by clients of a Pennsylvania lawyer who committed suicide when he learned he was under investigation, a judge has ruled.
A Philadelphia personal injury lawyer has been accused of hiring runners to find claimants willing to fake injuries, costing insurers more than $2.5 million in false claims over a 25-year…
The chairman of Dilworth Paxson’s labor and employment practice was found at around 8 p.m. Thursday in a southwest Philadelphia street near his Acura, badly beaten.
The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will join Pittsburgh law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney after he retires from the court in January.
A religious nonprofit has sued Reed Smith alleging the firm engaged in inappropriate billing practices and charged excessive fees of nearly $1 million.
Philadelphia lawyer Nina Gussack had long held top posts at her firm, Pepper Hamilton. So when she became chairwoman in February, it seemed like a natural progression, especially considering she…
A Philadelphia judge has chastised an expert witness for his testimony challenging attorney fees in two cases, including the class action case against Wal-Mart for unpaid overtime.
Cozen O’Connor claims in its answer to a sex discrimination suit that a junior female partner was fired because of “poor judgment and poor decision-making” rather than a double standard…
An East Coast law firm with more than 160 lawyers has concluded that its future leaders need more training than the kind offered in management seminars or sink-or-swim opportunities.
Inmates sentenced to life in prison are filing constitutional challenges to changes in parole procedures that subsequently made it tougher to win early release.
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