Litigation and Trial - Max Kennerly : Philadelphia Trial Lawyer Max Kennerly : Business and Commercial Litigation : Civil Attorney : The Beasley Firm : Philadelphia Pennsylvania

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Litigations and Trials:

• Three Ways To Lose Your Business Lawsuit - Wachtell and The Failed Hexion / Huntsman Merger
• Does The Fumo Juror's Twittering Warrant A Mistrial?
• Harvard Law Professor Bungles Rules of Civil Procedure for Deposing Third Parties
• American College of Trial Lawyers Report Encourages Frivolous Civil Discovery Objections
• Another Preventable Small Business Lawsuit Horror Story

Law Practice:

• How To Write Your Brief So That The Judge Will Hate You
• "How Low Could Associate Salaries Go?" Depends On How Desperate Firms Want To Appear
• Contingent Fee Business Lawyers As Venture Capitalists
• A Great Trial Lawyer, Lucius Seneca, On Keeping Your Law Practice In Perspective
• How To Deal With A "Non-Ruling" By A Trial Judge

Current Events:

• Another Mangled Prescription for Health Courts to Evaluate Medical Malpractice Claims
  
• How AIG Shareholders (Like the US Gov't) Can Sue to Get Back The Bonuses
• "The 'Hot News' Tort and the New Media" -- It's Too Late For Copyright To Sink Blogs
• LinkedIn's Terms of Use: We Own All Content, Ex-Users Agree To Update Our Database Forever 

Recent Court Opinions: 

• Third Circuit Predicts Pennsylvania Supreme Court Would Require Independently Actionable Conduct To Prove Tortious Interference With Contractual Relationships
• Third Circuit Upholds Philadelphia Police's Ban On Headscarves Without A Word On The First Amendment
• E.D.Pa. Threads The Needle On "Gist of the Action" and "Parol Evidence Rule" In Mixed Fraud / Breach of Contract Cases
• Ricci v. DeStefano: The Problem of Granting Certiorari After Summary Judgment

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New to the site? Haven't been here in a while? Here are some of the most popular posts over the past few weeks.

Litigations and Trials:

• Managing Expectations in Defamation Cases: A Legendary Trial Lawyer Faces His First Malpractice Suit
• $120 Million In Hourly Billing For A Single Trial: What Happened In Robertson v. Princeton?
• How Not To Spend $120 Million In Hourly Fees On A Single Trial: A Few Questions for Robertson v. Princeton
• The Watchmen Movie Ruling: How Typical Lawyer Obstructionism Can Destroy Your Case
• "Quinn Emanuel Hit With Malpractice Suit" -- More Business Contingent-Fee Madness

Law Practice:

• Creating "The Black Triangle," A Critical Step Before Any Trial, Deposition or Brief
• "The End of Leverage"? What Are BigLaw Associates Really Worth?
• "Remember That Profits Equal Revenues Minus Costs" - The Real Reason for the Billable Hour's Impending Demise

Current Events:

• Can the Octuplets Sue for Medical Malpractice? (Part 1 of 2)
• Differential Diagnosis, Defensive Medicine and Medical Malpractice: Coumadin Edition
• 25 Things About Facebook's Terms of Use and Your Rights
• Facebook and the Law of Stealth Changes in Consumer Contracts

Recent Court Opinions:

• Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Limits the Special Value to the Plaintiff Damages Doctrine
• Reminder: Contract Disputes Act Requires You Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Suing the United States Government
• An Ounce of Prevention: Dismissal Upheld In Derivative Suit Because of Independent Inquiry
• The Third Circuit's 1:1 Punitive Damages Ruling: The Lingering Complications of State Farm v. Campbell

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New to the site? Haven't been here in a while? Here are some of the most popular posts over the past few weeks.

Litigations and Trials:

• Barbie v. Bratz: What Went Wrong for Mattel and Right for MGA
• Does A Company Have To Have A Document Retention Policy? Apple Doesn't Have One
• The Watchmen Movie: Copyright Infringement, Injunctions, Options, Laches, and a Circuit Split All in One
• Citigroup v. Wells Fargo in re Wachovia: Can You Simultaneously Sue in Federal and State Court?
• Citigroup v. Wells Fargo in re Wachovia II: Does Plain Meaning Apply When The Plain Meaning Is Wrong?

and don't miss the continuing coverage of Senator Vince Fumo's Criminal Trial.

Law Practice: 

• Clients Don't Care About Associate Salaries or Bonuses (Only Partners Do)
• Are Lawyers Risk-Averse For Not Working On Contingent Fees?
• Free Mind Mapping Programs

Current Events:

• Clinton's Cabinet Appointment and the "Emoluments" Clause
• AIG: Has the Federal Reserve Become Both a Receiver and an Insurance Guaranty Fund?
• Falsehoods About Obstretrical Malpractice & Cerebral Palsy Persist As Smears Against John Edwards

Recent Court Opinions:

• The Role of Pecuniary Loss in a Tortious Interference With Contractual Relations Case (in Pennsylvania)
• Padding A Breach of Contract Case with Fraud, Unjust Enrichment, and Tortious Interference
• Another Day, Another Limitation on the "Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing" in Pennsylvania

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