Welcome to your Monday 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 next in our series of firm financials, this time taking a look at Fox Rothschild. As reporter Zack Needles writes, the firm increased revenue by 7.3 percent and profits per equity partner by 3.5 percent.
Below the fold on Page 1, reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that the state Supreme Court directed excess class action funds to the IOLTA board. As such, Pennsylvania will become the sixth state in the country to require cy pres funds left over from settlements to be used for legal aid providers or other nonprofits.
Also below the fold on Page 1, reporter Ben Present writes that the Pennsylvania Bar Association has created a task force to take a closer look at the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct.
In more Regional News on Page 3, Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that a Lehigh County jury has awarded a man and his wife $2 million in noneconomic damages because the man has double vision and other eye injuries in the aftermath of a sinus surgery gone wrong.
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 Insight on Diversity column on Page 5, Elisa N. Bramble writes about establishing lasting connections for diverse law students.
On the Law Technology News page are two articles: How to build a better webinar presentation and an e-discovery course that offers “in the trenches” lessons for students.
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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