LawA Philadelphia jury reached $35 million verdict against Main Line Health and Penn Medicine for cancer misdiagnosisA woman underwent a total hysterectomy at Penn based on a cancer misdiagnosis at Lankenau Medical Center. The verdict is the largest so far this year in Philadelphia.Harold Brubaker Temple Health says its new medical malpractice strategy is workingHarold Brubaker Angelo J. Foglietta, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge and longtime attorney, has died at 75Gary Miles John R. Saler, longtime lobbyist and political strategist, has died at 67Gary Miles Barton L. Post, cofounder of the Post & Schell law firm and community-minded entrepreneur, has died at 95 Gary Miles AdvertisementJeffrey P. Minehart, longtime attorney and retired judge in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, has died at 78He was appointed to the Common Pleas bench in 2003 by then-Gov. Mark Schweiker, elected to a full 10-year term in 2003, and retained by election in 2013.Gary Miles A Philly girl was ‘sextorted’ by a man she met on Roblox. The gaming platform is facing other lawsuits.Social platforms Snapchat and Discord were also sued for facilitating abuse. In other lawsuits, parents accuse Minecraft and Fortnite of design choices that induce internet gaming disorder. Abraham Gutman Alice W. Ballard, celebrated public interest law attorney, has died at 77She was an expert at executive contracts, wage theft, and workplace fairness, and one colleague called her “endlessly generous, wiser than Yoda, and kind as Mother Teresa.”Gary Miles Uber accuses a Philly-area law firm of using bogus medical reports in dozens of crash casesUber filed a federal lawsuit against Simon & Simon on Thursday accusing the law firm of conspiring with medical providers to produce fraudulent medical reports to inflate settlements. Abraham Gutman Barry C. Dozor, retired Delaware County judge, longtime attorney, and community leader, has died at 76He ruled on all kinds of cases — murder, divorce, sex crimes, business fraud — and presided over the sprawling Pennsylvania Coordinated Opioid Litigation and recent Chester Upland School Receivership.Gary Miles Patricia M. Smith, retired deputy chief counsel for the Mid-Atlantic region of the Social Security Administration, has died at 82For two decades, she advised administration officials on legal matters, helped develop policy and procedures, managed public access to records, and represented the administration in litigation. Gary Miles At a shuttered Philly law firm, partners reach an agreement over allegedly mismanaged pension fundsA former lawyer at the dissolved firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis had sued over retirement contributions that she and colleagues didn't get back when the firm closed.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch Taras M. Wochok, longtime lawyer for John E. du Pont and former chief assistant district attorney, has died at 84He spent six years, from 1968 to 1974, as an assistant DA in Philadelphia under Arlen Specter and rose to head of the narcotics division.Gary Miles Bruce L. Castor, longtime law partner at Ballard Spahr, has died at 95He joined the law firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews, and Ingersoll in 1956, and became partner in 1965 and managing partner in 1979. Gary Miles Why lawyers seek to try cases in Philly, even when the plaintiffs aren’t from hereLawyers on both sides of the 27 lawsuits related to the 2023 R.M. Palmer chocolate factory explosion in West Reading fought for two years over where the cases should be litigated. Abraham Gutman West Chester man gets 65 years in prison for ‘largest’ gold and silver depository theft in U.S. history“Over many years, you lied, over and over and over,” a federal judge told Robert Leroy Higgins. Joseph N. DiStefano Lender says it lost nearly $10 million in a Philly-based real estate scheme in new lawsuitGenesis Capital LLC alleges that Surety Abstract and Keller Williams Philadelphia conspired with a developer to inflate property values.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch Stephen J. Harmelin, former Dilworth Paxson chair, passionate Philadelphian and history lover who helped shape Center City, has died at 85Mr. Harmelin had a hand in creating the Barnes Foundation, the Convention Center, and the National Constitution Center, among other institutions.Ryan W. Briggs and Earl Hopkins A major Philly law firm beat paralegal’s overtime-pay allegations. Then another paralegal sued over discrimination and harassment.An attorney for the Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky called the allegations in the new lawsuit "wholly meritless."Abraham Gutman Some big Philly law firms are pulling DEI language from their websitesOnly a couple Philadelphia firms were singled out by the EEOC under Trump, but several more have been tweaking their messaging around DEI efforts.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch See more storiesAdvertisement
A Philadelphia jury reached $35 million verdict against Main Line Health and Penn Medicine for cancer misdiagnosisA woman underwent a total hysterectomy at Penn based on a cancer misdiagnosis at Lankenau Medical Center. The verdict is the largest so far this year in Philadelphia.Harold Brubaker
A Philadelphia jury reached $35 million verdict against Main Line Health and Penn Medicine for cancer misdiagnosisA woman underwent a total hysterectomy at Penn based on a cancer misdiagnosis at Lankenau Medical Center. The verdict is the largest so far this year in Philadelphia.Harold Brubaker
Angelo J. Foglietta, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge and longtime attorney, has died at 75Gary Miles
Angelo J. Foglietta, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge and longtime attorney, has died at 75Gary Miles
Barton L. Post, cofounder of the Post & Schell law firm and community-minded entrepreneur, has died at 95 Gary Miles
Barton L. Post, cofounder of the Post & Schell law firm and community-minded entrepreneur, has died at 95 Gary Miles
Jeffrey P. Minehart, longtime attorney and retired judge in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, has died at 78He was appointed to the Common Pleas bench in 2003 by then-Gov. Mark Schweiker, elected to a full 10-year term in 2003, and retained by election in 2013.Gary Miles
Jeffrey P. Minehart, longtime attorney and retired judge in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, has died at 78He was appointed to the Common Pleas bench in 2003 by then-Gov. Mark Schweiker, elected to a full 10-year term in 2003, and retained by election in 2013.Gary Miles
A Philly girl was ‘sextorted’ by a man she met on Roblox. The gaming platform is facing other lawsuits.Social platforms Snapchat and Discord were also sued for facilitating abuse. In other lawsuits, parents accuse Minecraft and Fortnite of design choices that induce internet gaming disorder. Abraham Gutman
A Philly girl was ‘sextorted’ by a man she met on Roblox. The gaming platform is facing other lawsuits.Social platforms Snapchat and Discord were also sued for facilitating abuse. In other lawsuits, parents accuse Minecraft and Fortnite of design choices that induce internet gaming disorder. Abraham Gutman
Alice W. Ballard, celebrated public interest law attorney, has died at 77She was an expert at executive contracts, wage theft, and workplace fairness, and one colleague called her “endlessly generous, wiser than Yoda, and kind as Mother Teresa.”Gary Miles
Alice W. Ballard, celebrated public interest law attorney, has died at 77She was an expert at executive contracts, wage theft, and workplace fairness, and one colleague called her “endlessly generous, wiser than Yoda, and kind as Mother Teresa.”Gary Miles
Uber accuses a Philly-area law firm of using bogus medical reports in dozens of crash casesUber filed a federal lawsuit against Simon & Simon on Thursday accusing the law firm of conspiring with medical providers to produce fraudulent medical reports to inflate settlements. Abraham Gutman
Uber accuses a Philly-area law firm of using bogus medical reports in dozens of crash casesUber filed a federal lawsuit against Simon & Simon on Thursday accusing the law firm of conspiring with medical providers to produce fraudulent medical reports to inflate settlements. Abraham Gutman
Barry C. Dozor, retired Delaware County judge, longtime attorney, and community leader, has died at 76He ruled on all kinds of cases — murder, divorce, sex crimes, business fraud — and presided over the sprawling Pennsylvania Coordinated Opioid Litigation and recent Chester Upland School Receivership.Gary Miles
Barry C. Dozor, retired Delaware County judge, longtime attorney, and community leader, has died at 76He ruled on all kinds of cases — murder, divorce, sex crimes, business fraud — and presided over the sprawling Pennsylvania Coordinated Opioid Litigation and recent Chester Upland School Receivership.Gary Miles
Patricia M. Smith, retired deputy chief counsel for the Mid-Atlantic region of the Social Security Administration, has died at 82For two decades, she advised administration officials on legal matters, helped develop policy and procedures, managed public access to records, and represented the administration in litigation. Gary Miles
Patricia M. Smith, retired deputy chief counsel for the Mid-Atlantic region of the Social Security Administration, has died at 82For two decades, she advised administration officials on legal matters, helped develop policy and procedures, managed public access to records, and represented the administration in litigation. Gary Miles
At a shuttered Philly law firm, partners reach an agreement over allegedly mismanaged pension fundsA former lawyer at the dissolved firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis had sued over retirement contributions that she and colleagues didn't get back when the firm closed.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
At a shuttered Philly law firm, partners reach an agreement over allegedly mismanaged pension fundsA former lawyer at the dissolved firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis had sued over retirement contributions that she and colleagues didn't get back when the firm closed.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
Taras M. Wochok, longtime lawyer for John E. du Pont and former chief assistant district attorney, has died at 84He spent six years, from 1968 to 1974, as an assistant DA in Philadelphia under Arlen Specter and rose to head of the narcotics division.Gary Miles
Taras M. Wochok, longtime lawyer for John E. du Pont and former chief assistant district attorney, has died at 84He spent six years, from 1968 to 1974, as an assistant DA in Philadelphia under Arlen Specter and rose to head of the narcotics division.Gary Miles
Bruce L. Castor, longtime law partner at Ballard Spahr, has died at 95He joined the law firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews, and Ingersoll in 1956, and became partner in 1965 and managing partner in 1979. Gary Miles
Bruce L. Castor, longtime law partner at Ballard Spahr, has died at 95He joined the law firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews, and Ingersoll in 1956, and became partner in 1965 and managing partner in 1979. Gary Miles
Why lawyers seek to try cases in Philly, even when the plaintiffs aren’t from hereLawyers on both sides of the 27 lawsuits related to the 2023 R.M. Palmer chocolate factory explosion in West Reading fought for two years over where the cases should be litigated. Abraham Gutman
Why lawyers seek to try cases in Philly, even when the plaintiffs aren’t from hereLawyers on both sides of the 27 lawsuits related to the 2023 R.M. Palmer chocolate factory explosion in West Reading fought for two years over where the cases should be litigated. Abraham Gutman
West Chester man gets 65 years in prison for ‘largest’ gold and silver depository theft in U.S. history“Over many years, you lied, over and over and over,” a federal judge told Robert Leroy Higgins. Joseph N. DiStefano
West Chester man gets 65 years in prison for ‘largest’ gold and silver depository theft in U.S. history“Over many years, you lied, over and over and over,” a federal judge told Robert Leroy Higgins. Joseph N. DiStefano
Lender says it lost nearly $10 million in a Philly-based real estate scheme in new lawsuitGenesis Capital LLC alleges that Surety Abstract and Keller Williams Philadelphia conspired with a developer to inflate property values.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
Lender says it lost nearly $10 million in a Philly-based real estate scheme in new lawsuitGenesis Capital LLC alleges that Surety Abstract and Keller Williams Philadelphia conspired with a developer to inflate property values.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
Stephen J. Harmelin, former Dilworth Paxson chair, passionate Philadelphian and history lover who helped shape Center City, has died at 85Mr. Harmelin had a hand in creating the Barnes Foundation, the Convention Center, and the National Constitution Center, among other institutions.Ryan W. Briggs and Earl Hopkins
Stephen J. Harmelin, former Dilworth Paxson chair, passionate Philadelphian and history lover who helped shape Center City, has died at 85Mr. Harmelin had a hand in creating the Barnes Foundation, the Convention Center, and the National Constitution Center, among other institutions.Ryan W. Briggs and Earl Hopkins
A major Philly law firm beat paralegal’s overtime-pay allegations. Then another paralegal sued over discrimination and harassment.An attorney for the Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky called the allegations in the new lawsuit "wholly meritless."Abraham Gutman
A major Philly law firm beat paralegal’s overtime-pay allegations. Then another paralegal sued over discrimination and harassment.An attorney for the Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky called the allegations in the new lawsuit "wholly meritless."Abraham Gutman
Some big Philly law firms are pulling DEI language from their websitesOnly a couple Philadelphia firms were singled out by the EEOC under Trump, but several more have been tweaking their messaging around DEI efforts.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
Some big Philly law firms are pulling DEI language from their websitesOnly a couple Philadelphia firms were singled out by the EEOC under Trump, but several more have been tweaking their messaging around DEI efforts.Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
