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 First Judicial District seeing a dramatic drop in the filing of mass tort cases. As reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel writes, 60 percent fewer mass tort cases will be filed this year than were filed in 2011.
Also above the fold on Page 1, reporter Gina Passarella writes that the state Supreme Court has revived Genuardi’s appeal of an $18.5 million judgment, deciding that a party should not lose its right to appeal for failure to file post-trial motions after a ruling on remand.
Below the fold on Page 1, reporter Ben Present writes that the state Supreme Court has affirmed a Court of Judicial Discipline decision to remove Allentown Magisterial District Judge Maryesther S. Merlo after she called out of court 116 times in a two-year stretch.
In more Regional News on Page 3, reporter Zack Needles writes that Dilworth Paxson’s health care chair, Katherine M. Keefe, has left for a business role with network security and privacy risk insurer Beazley.
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 the Law Technology News page, Peter Vogel writes about negotiating contracts for resource planning.
In an Antitrust Law column on Page 7, Carl W. Hittinger and Terry Smith write about antitrust policy and the part it will play in the 2012 presidential election.
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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