I am very pleased to report that Bill Fedullo, Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, will be hosting a Chancellor’s Forum onNovember 6, 2014, on the subject of climate change. Bill has asked me to introduce the speakers. The principal speaker will be Noted...
Lawyers Convince Court Client Never Died
Sharolyn Jackson never died. So ruled a Philadelphia court on June 10, 2014. As a result, the formerly homeless, 51-year-old Ms. Jackson can obtain social security benefits including medical care. This unique judicial ruling arose from unusual facts. Ms. Jackson is...
They’re back! More employers using noncompete clauses.
“”There has been a definite, significant rise in the use of noncompetes, and not only for high tech, not only for high-skilled knowledge positions.” That’s according to law professor Orly Lobel quoted in the New York Times today. The truth is that noncompetes never...
Thinking of starting your own law firm?
If so, then you may wish to listen to this podcast of an excellent panel discussion, Making Private Practice Leap, sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association on June 4, 2014, as part of its Law Firm Laboratory Series. The panelists were Steve Harvey of Steve...
Dr. Strangelaw or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Deposition Disputes
A courtroom trial is the law at its most glamorous. Hollywood has made it so. Think Spencer Tracy, Gregory Peck, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Denzel Washington, Joe Pesci, and many others. We all know the roles and the scenes: the cross exams, courtroom...
Auernheimer Case Will Define Extent of Internet Freedom
“He had to do all kinds of things I don’t even understand.” That was a quote from the government’s attorney on March 19, 2014, at the Third Circuit oral argument in U.S. v. Auernheimer. He was referring to the alleged criminal activity of the defendant, 28-year-old...
New Law Firm Experiences Strong Growth; Doubles Size in Just Three Months
The trial and litigation boutique law firm known as Steve Harvey Law LLC is celebrating its three-month anniversary by announcing the hiring of David V. Dzara as Counsel. David is a terrific trial lawyer/litigator who formerly worked in the commercial litigation...
Everything You Wanted to Know About Predictive Coding But Were Afraid to Ask
When I was a lawyer at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, in the early 1990s, I worked on this crazy case in federal court involving electronic records preserved in the last days of the Reagan White House, following the Iran Contra Affair. The lead counsel...
More Inspiration from 11-Year-Old Sarah Murnaghan
Former client Sarah Murnaghan continues to inspire not just children and adults fighting disease but anyone facing difficulty. In June 2013, Steve Harvey filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of Sarah asking that she not be discriminated against based on her age...
Main Issues That Will Be In the News in 2014 for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The New York Times on January 10 published an excellent overview of the most important agenda items in 2014 for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the still relatively new and very powerful federal regulator and enforcer for the consumer financial services...