Welcome to your Thursday morning round-up of stories in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer. All of the links below will take you directly to today’s stories, or you can head straight over to The Legal’s homepage. (Some stories may require registration or a paid subscription.)
The top story this morning is the state Supreme Court granting allocatur in a case in which it has been asked to stop a scientific debate over whether shale is a “mineral” before the debate even begins. As reporter Zack Needles writes, this could potentially lead to “chaos” according to one Pennsylvania lawyer, if it is determined that shale is in fact a mineral.
Also above the fold on Page 1, reporter Gina Passarella writes that Stevens & Lee and one of its partners have rebutted a lawsuit filed against them by Elliott Greenleaf over alleged theft of client files through remote software. Stevens & Lee have said the lawsuit is nothing more than an attempt to interfere with client relationships the partner took with him when he left Elliott Greenleaf to join Stevens & Lee.
Below the fold on Page 1, reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel details the graphic testimony heard yesterday in the priest sex-abuse trial.
In more Regional News on Page 3, Dan McCormick writes about a new scholarship initiative created by Archer & Greiner to award scholarships to diverse Temple University law students and allow them to work in the City of Philadelphia Law Department as well as at the firm.
Also on Page 3, reporter Ben Present writes that a defamation suit filed by Daniel D. McCaffery has been allowed to move forward. McCaffery claims that the Philadelphia Board of Ethics and its executive director defamed him days before he came in second in the race for Philadelphia district attorney three years ago.
As always, our People in the News section is on Page 2, and the top stories from our sister publications across the country make up the Page 4 National News section.
In an Asset Management column on Page 5, Michael A. Gillen and Stanley V. Todd write that parallel IRS investigations have returned after a 35-year hiatus.
As it is Thursday, this week’s Young Lawyer column is on Page 7, as Martha “Frannie” Reilly writes about reasons to join a nonprofit board and concerns to address before doing so.
If you have questions or comments about any of today's stories, or our coverage as a whole, we invite you to e-mail any of the reporters directly. We hope you'll enjoy today's Legal.
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