PBA Reissues Judicial Candidate Ratings

The Pennsylvania Bar Association judicial evaluation commission has reissued its candidate ratings for the upcoming judicial elections on November 5.

E-Discovery Tips to Benefit Your Law Practice

The Legal Intelligencer hosts its annual Litigation Summit in Philadelphia, which covers a potpourri of issues from e-discovery to trends in the courtroom. As an avid Twitter user, I often share important tips from the speaker using the conference hashtag #TLILitSum. Another way to share those tips is to compile them in a blog for all of our lawyer friends who do not actively use social media.

Minority- and Women-Owned Firms in Pennsylvania

Each year, we at The Legal publish PaLaw, our report on the legal profession, a magazine packed with surveys, charts, analysis and projections. One of the key parts of PaLaw is our listing of the minority- and women-owned law firms in Pennsylvania. Our goal is always to make the free listing as complete as possible from firms across the state, and to do that we need your help.

Emancipation's Impact on Child Support

For the most part, the obligation to pay child support for a child terminates when the child reaches the age of 18, but is this termination automatic and, if not, can arrearages accrue after a child reaches the age of 18 if a petition to modify is not filed?

THE LEGAL INTELLIGENCER BLOG: Kane Says Spanier's Federal Suit Is Barred

The federal suit ex-Penn State President Graham Spanier filed earlier this week seeking to have the prosecution against him dropped is barred by the abstention doctrine, state Attorney General Kathleen Kane said in court papers yesterday.

Morgan Lewis Hires Former Coventry Health Care GC

The former general counsel to Coventry Health Care has joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius' Philadelphia office.

Patent Fraud Doesn't Void Attorney-Client Privilege

A federal judge in Philadelphia has preserved the attorney-client privilege for a pharmaceutical company that had been found to have defrauded the patent office.