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Five Tips for Interstate Discovery Practice in State Courts

Obtaining information from nonparties to a case can present procedural and practical difficulties for attorneys litigating in state court. When those nonparties reside outside the state where the action is pending, those difficulties can become especially challenging. Unless, of course, the state where the nonparty resides has adopted the Uniform…

Gordon Rees Expands in Pittsburgh, Adds 11 Attorneys From Burns White

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani has added on 11 attorneys and three support staff to its Pittsburgh office from Burns White, bringing the firm’s total head count in western Pennsylvania to approximately 80 attorneys. The group, led by former executive committee member and insurance coverage, extracontractual litigation, and transportation practice group co-chair…

Tips On Avoiding Deep Fake Scam Risks

Cyber executive fraud scams have been rampant for years. These scams trick an employee into transferring large sums of money into the fraudster’s bank account. In the past, these often involved using a high-level executives hacked email account (or an email appearing to be from them) to request the employee…

Lawyers Want Court Guidance on an ‘Uncomfortable Question’

Divorce attorneys are seeing an increase in couples disputing what to do with frozen embryos during marriage dissolution actions, but there is little guidance on how to clearly resolve these disagreements, and challenges to reproductive healthcare pave an even more unstable future. Kevin Brown of Needle Cuda, a family and…

NLJ 500 Firm Wins Opioid Battle for Retail Giant

04/01/2024New Jersey Law Journal Becker is pleased to announce that Ronald L. Perl has joined the firm as Counsel in our Community Association Practice View Announcement › 04/01/2024Daily Business Review Congratulations to Becker s Newest Shareholder Donald P. Dufresne REAL ESTATE | GOVERNMENT LAW & LOBBYING View Announcement › 04/01/2024New…

Asia-Pacific Moves: Dentons Makes Key APAC Hires while Yang & Yang Makes a Splash in Hong Kong, as Drew & Napier Strengthens its Arbitration Outreach

Asia-Pacific Moves is a collection of lateral moves that have taken place across the Asia Pacific. Singapore One of Singapore’s Big Four law firms, Drew & Napier LLC, celebrated the arrival of Abhinav Bhushan, who was made Director (Foreign Law), Dispute Resolution, at the end of March. An international arbitration specialist,…