• October 6, 2008 |

    Resolving High-Conflict Custody Cases

    Judges, lawyers and psychologists struggle to deal with a small subset of custody cases that involve a high level of ongoing conflict between the parents. Even after an initial custody ord

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  • August 6, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Forty Under Forty

    Each time we select 40 lawyers under age 40 we think have distinguished themselves, the faces look younger. It's an illusion, of course, the result of hyperopia brought about by the advancing years

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  • September 21, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The $75,000 Question

    If the individual members of a proposed class action voluntarily limit the damages they seek in court to less than $75,000 -- the threshold amount required for federal diversity jurisdiction -

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  • September 20, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The $75,000 Question

    If the individual members of a proposed class action voluntarily limit the damages they seek in court to less than $75,000 - the threshold amount required for federal diversity jurisdiction -

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  • December 22, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Courts for veterans spreading across U.S.

    State criminal courts devoted to U.S. war veterans are emerging across the country, from New York to Oklahoma to California, as increasing numbers of soldiers returning from the wars in I

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  • June 11, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

    HONORED Ballard Spahr has announced the 2010 recipients of the firm's Pro Bono Awards for firm lawyers and other professionals who contribute significant pro bono legal se

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  • December 28, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Superior Court Headliners Revolved Around Constitution

    In a year in which many eyes were focused on Pennsylvania trial courts, where proceedings in the Penn State sex-abuse scandal and a prosecution against a high official of the Catholic Archdio

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  • October 13, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    County Court Workers Can�t Sue Under ADA

    In a decision that impacts all court workers in Pennsylvania, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that county courts are "state entities" -- despite the fact that they are locally

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  • October 14, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    County Court Workers May Not Sue Under ADA

    In a decision that impacts all court workers in Pennsylvania, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that county courts are "state entities" � despite the fact that they are locally f

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  • January 3, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Conflicting Courses

    Federal judges are sharply divided over how to apply a 2002 decision from the Pennsylvania Superior Court that conflicts with two prior decisions from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on

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