November 1, 2018 Speakers: Steve Harvey with Lauri Lebo and Eric Rothschild Steve will be joined by Eric Rothschild, his co-counsel in the noted case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, and journalist Lauri Lebo, who covered the trial and later wrote a book about the experience, The Devil in Dover An Insider’s Story […]
On Friday, October 19, Chief Justice Roberts issued an administrative stay order in Juliana v. U.S., a lawsuit over climate change in federal court in Oregon against the federal government with a group of children as plaintiffs. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/101918zr1_086c.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0M2xwMUaoXOWUc8yuKFnXKqvImJk50pPiu0J8gULSPVhoN9jpoI9mlF5M The trial was scheduled to begin on October 29. The case survived motions to dismiss in […]
The issue is called advancement of fees and expenses, and it can make or break a lawsuit for the client, the plaintiff’s counsel, and the business lawyer who had the foresight to include it in the operative contract. Here’s why. Indemnification for Corporate Agents Under corporation statutes in Delaware and most other states, when a […]
Thursday, March 29, 2018 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Science History Institute 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia Testimony by scientific experts plays a key role in criminal and civil cases throughout the U.S. Yet it is an area that is continually evolving as cutting-edge scientific procedures are developed and new ethical questions are raised. Villanova University Charles […]
A decision issued by federal Judge Edward G. Smith in Pennsylvania last Friday confirms our faith in the ability of the legal system to get it right. The issue was whether 5 students living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who came from Somalia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma had a right to attend a […]
Surely the most salacious legal development of 2016 (so far) is Hulk Hogan’s $140 million verdict in March from a Florida court against the online media company and blog network Gawker Media LLC for publishing a video of him having sex with the wife of his then friend, a radio personality by the name of […]
New Law Creates Federal Trade Secrets Cause of Action On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), which provides a federal cause of action for trade secret misappropriation. Prior to the DTSA, plaintiffs seeking to enforce trade secrets rights relied exclusively on state law; most states have adopted […]
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, with Justice Thomas providing the sixth vote, held that an unaccepted offer of judgment under Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in a case seeking class certification under Rule 23 does not render the case moot, even though the defendant’s offer of […]
Wow! It’s been two years to the day since I opened Steve Harvey Law LLC, and we are still here, representing clients in diverse matters, and growing the client base and the team. If there’s one thing I have learned in the past two years, it’s that the key to law firm success over time […]
In early 2014, a small group of lawyers in Philadelphia began a campaign to enlist the support of the legal community for action on climate change. That campaign took root with the leadership of the Philadelphia Bar Association under the name A Call to the Bar: Lawyers for Common Sense on Climate Change. The […]
CLE Program: Reflections on the 13th Anniversary of the Intelligent Design Case, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District and its Legal Implications.October 29, 2018