On August 7, 2014, the Western District of Pennsylvania’s Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Jr. entered an order preliminary denying plaintiff’s motion to compel compliance with subpoena on counsel. In the case of Gary Miller Imports, Inc. v. Carter Dolittle, et al., plaintiff sought to compel the law firm of Macdonad…
Continuing off our earlier blog post that had raised questions regarding attorney-expert communications in Barrick, et al. v. Holy Spirit Hospital, et al. (read here!), on July 10, 2014 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made official a rule change barring attorney-expert communications during discovery. Following its decision in Barrick, the Supreme…
Refusing to adopt the heightened pleading standard under Rule 9(b), the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for New Jersey’s order, which held that Plaintiff Foglia failed to meet the pleading requirements under Rule 9(b) for pleading a false claims act case. U.S.…
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by Gregory H. Mathews, Hon. Mark I. Bernstein, Hon. Arnold L. New, Hon. Albert W. Sheppard, Jr., Linda R. Singer Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.
by Gregory H. Mathews and Hon. Howland Abramson The Philadelphia Lawyer – (Spring 2007)
by Gregory H. Mathews, Mitchell Bach, Hon. Howland Abramson, Hon. Albert Sheppard and others Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.
by Gregory H. Mathews, Professor Harold Abramson and Hon. Howland Abramson Bench-Bar Conference, Philadelphia Bar Association, Atlantic City, New Jersey – October 1, 2005