The Legal Intelligencer | Morning Update

Dec 12, 2024

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The Legal Intelligencer Morning Update

A Message From the Editor

A $45M jury verdict against Temple Hospital did not “make logical or legal sense," a Philadelphia trial judge said in awarding the defendant a new trial in the medical malpractice case stemming from a patient who choked on food after being allegedly discharged prematurely. Aleeza Furman has details about the rare decision. Also, a former chair of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has passed away.

Thanks for reading!

– Max Mitchell, Regional Managing Editor

Medical Malpractice | News

Judge Orders New Trial in $45M Med Mal Case Against Temple Hospital

By Aleeza Furman

"The jury clearly either made a mistake in their calculations or were swayed by sympathy or some other improper basis... Read More

Law Firm Management

Former Morgan Lewis Chair John Shenefield Dies at 85

By Jon Campisi

Morgan Lewis said he played a crucial role in helping to develop, evolve and expand the law firm during his time as... Read More

Immigration Law | Live Coverage

'Close Our Borders?' Senate Judiciary Committee Examines Economics, Legal Predicate for Mass Deportation Proposal

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

"I fear the consequences of mass deportation on a personal level, on a community level and on a society level," Foday... Read More

Immigration Law | Commentary

Will the Cream of the Crop Curdle Under the Next Administration?

By Allie K. Dempsey

Drawing from the policies of Trump's first term and the proposals outlined in Project 2025, it is clear that reforms... Read More

Judges | News

Pa. Federal District Courts Reach Full Complement Following Latest Confirmation

By Max Mitchell

"It hasn't happened in a while as I remember it. There are so many judgeships in Pennsylvania you have to really stay... Read More

Legal Education | News

People in the News—Dec. 11, 2024—Antheil Maslow, Faye Riva

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot

Antheil Maslow & MacMinn partner and family law attorney Melanie J. Wender is scheduled to serve as moderator for a... Read More

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