The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is mulling a decision if health care providers can be held liable under the Mental Health Procedures Act for denying treatment to a man, who later killed his girlfriend, when there was no written application for voluntary inpatient treatment. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments Tuesday in…

An attorney is facing a disciplinary complaint by the Florida Bar over allegations his use of artificial intelligence in pleadings contained “inaccurate citations,” and that he “cited cases that were wholly fabricated.” Respondent Thomas Grant Neusom, an attorney based in Fort Lauderdale, is among the first lawyers in the Sunshine…

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a statutory amendment requiring payment of employees for pre- and post-shift work is to be applied prospectively, rather than retroactively. The justices overturned a published Appellate Division ruling calling for retroactive application of recent revisions to New Jersey’s Wage Payment Law and Wage…

The landlord of a Center City Philadelphia office building agreed to pay $6 million to resolve claims that its failure to provide adequate security on its property led to an assault of a paralegal working in the building. The case, captioned R.F. v. 211 N. 13th Street Associates, was officially settled Tuesday…

Rising Star Attorney Secures Major Settlements in 2 Months | Connecticut Law Tribune Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2024/05/15/rising-star-attorney-secures-major-settlements-in-2-months/ Megan Boorsma, a partner at BBB Attorneys. Courtesy photo NEWS “Slip-and-fall cases are difficult to try on both ends,” Megan Boorsma said. “A case like this with a fracture is high risk. There’s…

Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed the former chair of its Montreal business law group as its new managing partner for the Montreal office. Nicolas Labrecque, an mergers and acquisitions and corporate-commercial lawyer, has been with Norton Rose for his entire 24-year legal career and has been leading Montreal’s business law group for almost six…