How Law Firms Purchase Malpractice Insurance and What it Means for the …

Insurers have a number of tools at their disposal to change the behavior of their policyholders. This should be relatively unsurprising. Once an insurer indemnifies a policyholder from loss, it is the insurer’s money at risk, not the policyholder’s—if the policyholder suffers a loss, the insurer mus

The “Personal Knowledge” Rule: An Evidence Principle Worth Considering

Evidence to prove personal knowledge may consist of the witness’s own testimony. This rule does not apply to a witness’s expert testimony under Rule 703. The threshold for admissibility is low. “A judge should admit witness testimony “if the jury could reasonably find that the witness perceived the event.”. United States v.

Professor Jonathan Lipson – Making America Worse: Jobs and Money at …

Professor Jonathan Lipson’s working paper, Making America Worse: Jobs and Money at Trump Casinos, 1997-2010, caused enough of a stir when it was released in late September to earn a spot on the Clinton campaign’s website. Since then, the paper, which questions Donald Trump’s claim that his business success in creating jobs means that he can also create jobs as President, has become part …

J.D. Cost of Attendance – Temple Law

Loan Fees. 216. 216. Total. $50,130. $62,856. Adjustments to the Cost of Attendance. The combination of a student’s aid from all sources (scholarship, loan, work study, etc.) may not exceed their cost of attendance. Students must limit their borrowing to the amount of the standard Cost of Attendance, or when possible, even less.

[PDF] TAKE–HOME EXAMS – SPRING 2024

Maniloff Insurance Law May 1 – 9AM 74 hours from time of download (latest time you can turn in answer is 10PM on 5/13/24) Maslowski Patent Litigation May 1 – 9AM 24 hours from time of download (latest time you can turn in answer is 10PM on 5/13/24) EXAM CONFLICT FORMS ARE DUE APRIL 10, 2024 …

The Elderly Law Project Clinic – Temple Law

The Elderly Law Project Clinic. The Elderly Law Project is an in-house clinical that can be taken after the doctrinal course Law and Aging which is a prerequisite. Students will handle cases that are generated in their job placements at senior citizen centers and senior residential facilities as well as some assigned by the professor.

PENNSYLVANIA AND THE “I CAN’T REMEMBER” WITNESS

A recent (early 2017) Pennsylvania Superior Court OPINION affirmed the general proposition that the words ‘I don’t remember’ are not subject to impeachment with a prior inconsistent statement, as the witness has offered nothing substantive to contradict. Commonwealth v. Watley, 2016 PA Super 311 (12/29/16) (“a mere failure of …