by Cheryl A. Garber | Jan 1, 2016 | Laws, Litigation
Effective today 01/01/16, Pa. R.C.P. 211 is amended to give trial courts discretion whether to allow oral argument on motions. Rule 211 was amended to reflect appellate court rulings which qualify a party’s “right” to orally argue a motion before a...
by Cheryl A. Garber | Dec 4, 2015 | Laws, News
The number one complaint of clients across the country about their lawyers, is that they don’t respond to clients in a timely manner, or at all. The typical excuse of the lawyer is that he or she is busy doing work for other clients, whether in court or...
by Cheryl A. Garber | Aug 21, 2014 | Laws
Pennsylvania’s new Voter ID Law signed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett in March 2012, will require voters to show photo ID prior to voting at the polls in the November 2012 Presidential election. See Pennsylvania’s Election Code Omnibus Amendments Act of March...
by Cheryl A. Garber | Aug 21, 2014 | Laws, News
Social media/networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have become both an increasingly fruitful source of evidence for trial lawyers, and the subject of more court opinions. Depending on which side of the fence you practice, social networking sites may...
by Cheryl A. Garber | Aug 20, 2014 | Laws, Torts
Despite recent rumblings to the contrary, unless and until the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopts The Restatement (Third) of Torts, The Restatement (Second) of Torts, which was adopted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Webb v. Zern, 220 A.2d 853 (Pa. 1966), still...
