Incoming Pittsburgh Civil Division Leader Aims to Bring Trial Scheduling Under Court Control | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/08/07/incoming-pittsburgh-civil-division-leader-aims-to-bring-trial-scheduling-under-court-control/ Judge Alan Hertzberg of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Courtesy photo NEWS “You don’t know until you try. I know it was attempted before and it didn’t…

$7M Arbitration Award Achieved by South Florida Lawyers Over NFL Dispute | Daily Business Review Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2024/08/07/7m-arbitration-award-achieved-by-south-florida-lawyers-over-nil-dispute/ David Boies, left, and Stuart Singer, right, of Boies Schiller Flexner. Courtesy photo “It involves hundreds of millions of dollars,” said attorney Stuart Singer of the continuing trading-card litigation. August 07,…

Texas Paralegals Can Soon Opt In For Limited Civil Law Practice | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/08/07/texas-paralegals-could-soon-have-limited-civil-law-practices/ Texas Supreme Court Justice Brett Busby. Credit: SCOTx video archives. “It is unacceptable that 92% of low-income Texans are not being served by our legal profession,” Texas Supreme Court Justice Brett Busby…

When a court is deciding whether a police officer or prison guard is immune from a civil lawsuit, does agreement among circuits that certain police conduct is unconstitutional carry any weight? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has said no, but two judges urged their colleagues to reconsider that…

Strategy Sharing and Judicial Elections: What the Pa. Association for Justice’s New President Has Planned for the Year Ahead | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/08/07/strategy-sharing-and-judicial-elections-what-the-pa-association-for-justices-new-president-has-planned-for-the-year-ahead/ Lawrence Kelly of Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George. Courtesy photo Q&A “We always keep our eye on bills that are being proposed. And again,…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has rejected efforts to revive a woman’s lawsuit against attorneys who represented her minor child in custody litigation, concluding that, despite allegations by the plaintiff that their conduct was “wrongful and illegal,” the attorneys had been acting in line with their…