A few days before the jury’s verdict in the recent Johnny Depp–Amber Heard defamation trial you might have heard about, our firm received a favorable decision from a Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Judge in a case you surely didn’t hear about. In that case, the...
Like many other members of the Philadelphia legal community, I was shocked when I first learned Slade McLaughlin had died. As fellow plaintiffs’ attorneys, whose firms had offices in the same building, Slade and I would speak often. It seemed Slade had it all: a...
In the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation system, judges rarely allow claimants’ attorneys to take the depositions of claims adjusters. In my experience and that of my colleagues, approximately 90% of requests for depositions of adjusters are denied. In most lawsuits...
We attorneys rarely see the interests of injured people align squarely with those of medical providers. Be it the fundamental nature of medical malpractice claims, attorney advertising seeking clients with such claims, or the prevalence of medical liens, the interests...
By managing partner Samuel H. Pond, PA Law Weekly. A few months ago, Uber and Lyft drivers around the world went on a 24-hour strike to protest unfair pay, the lack of transparency in the ride-hailing giants’ fare systems, poor working conditions and the lack of...
