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Slowdown for Fast-Track Pa. Lawyer

Only a year ago, Michael A. Adler was on a seeming fast track to major career success. For one thing, he had been named a “Lawyer on the Fast Track” by a legal publication in 2006, and had been elected as a Republican committeeman in Lower Merion Township in suburban…

Jul 20, 2007 12:24 AM CDT

80-Plus = Too Old to Raise Grandchild?

A Philadelphia couple, aged 85 and 89, have at least temporarily lost custody of their 5-year-old grandson, whom they had cared for since his birth, apparently because a family court judge considered them too old to handle the hyperactive boy. Although the city’s Department of Human Services recommended that the…

Jul 13, 2007 7:58 PM CDT

Guard Changing at Cozen O’Connor

The guard is about to change Cozen O’Connor, a 546-lawyer Philadelphia-based law firm known as an international insurance coverage powerhouse.The two name partners, although they have signed employment contracts to remain at the helm for another decade, are ceding significant control to the next generation of lawyers and the firm…

Jun 25, 2007 11:37 PM CDT

Bribe Puts Would-Be Legal Eagle’s Fledgling Law Career at Risk

A New Jersey man’s fledgling law career is not off to a good start. Eager to get into a well-regarded law school, Kevin B. Siangchin of North Plainfield tried to bribe workers responsible for administering the crucial Law School Admission Test to give him an advance copy. But the effort…

Jun 20, 2007 10:18 PM CDT

Suit Over Lawyers’ Conversation Dismissed

A Philadelphia judge has dismissed a defamation suit against Cozen O’Connor that was based on a phone conversation between lawyers. The suit by an heir to a building fortune says a lender called loans for a Rolls Royce and a boat after the conversation, the Legal Intelligencer reports. During the…

Jun 20, 2007 1:51 PM CDT

Rival Outfoxed by PA DA’s Ballot Move

An incumbent Pennsylvania prosecutor who is professionally known by her maiden name, Fox, pulled a fast one on him at election time, contends her rival, whose middle name is also Fox. Voters may have been confused because Greene County District Attorney Marjorie Fox used that name on the ballot in…

Jun 5, 2007 8:57 PM CDT

Court Finds Media Right to Juror Names

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the media has a First Amendment right to juror names. Writing yesterday (PDF) for a unanimous court, Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy said disclosing jurors’ names furthers the objective of a fair trial and assures society of fairness. Cappy wrote that names could…

Jun 1, 2007 7:48 PM CDT

Slowdown for Fast-Track Pa. Lawyer

80-Plus = Too Old to Raise Grandchild?

Guard Changing at Cozen O’Connor

Bribe Puts Would-Be Legal Eagle’s Fledgling Law Career at Risk

Suit Over Lawyers’ Conversation Dismissed

Rival Outfoxed by PA DA’s Ballot Move

Court Finds Media Right to Juror Names

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