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The Philadelphia Bar Association has issued its judicial candidate recommendations for retention candidates ahead of the November 4 general election.
This guidance helps legal professionals in PA stay informed about upcoming judicial elections and the evaluated candidates.
This resource provides contact details and document filing information necessary to create or maintain a business entity in Pennsylvania.
Legal professionals in PA can use this guide to efficiently handle corporate compliance and entity formation requirements for their clients.
The Philadelphia Bar Association Commission on Judicial Selection has released its recommendations for judicial candidates in 2023.
Pennsylvania legal professionals can review these evaluations to inform their understanding of the qualifications and credentials of candidates seeking judicial office in the Commonwealth.
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Beyond civil-rights and consumer-protection statutes, many PA jurisdictions have fee-shifting provisions in landlord-tenant, mechanics' lien, insurance bad-faith, and construction-defect contexts. Pleading the fee-shifting statute in the complaint is typically required to preserve the right to recover.
A fee-shifting case has fundamentally different settlement dynamics than a non-fee case, especially in low-damages disputes where fees can dwarf the underlying claim.
The clock can pause for: (1) the defendant being out of state in some jurisdictions, (2) the plaintiff being a minor or under disability, (3) the defendant fraudulently concealing the cause of action. The clock does NOT pause for: settlement negotiations, insurance correspondence, or the plaintiff being unaware of the legal theory.
Misreading tolling is the most common malpractice claim against general civil litigators. The defenses are routinely lost on motion to dismiss before discovery even opens.
Client trust funds and the firm's operating funds must never commingle, even temporarily, even with the intent to "fix it later." Bar audits look for two things first: (1) any check or transfer that touches both accounts, (2) negative balances on any specific client's ledger. Both are presumptive misappropriation regardless of intent.
Trust-account violations produce some of the harshest discipline in professional regulation, including suspension and disbarment. The technicality has no defense based on good intentions.
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