Call Your Next Witness – When Standup and Jury Selection Meet (Mike Rabinowitz)
How similar are jury selection and performing stand-up comedy? This question has probably occurred to anyone who has ever selected a jury, particularly in a civil case where there is no judicial presence in the room. In this episode of Call Your Next Witness, we have the perfect guest to delve into this topic with us! Mike Rabinowitz is no stranger to being in front of an audience, whether...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Ross Mallor of PM Legal
On today’s episode of the Call Your Next Witness podcast, we welcome Ross Mallor of PM Legal. Ross is a true entrepreneur in the litigation arena in the northeast United States. Since joining his father at PM Investigations, now PM Legal, the company has grown from a 2-person investigation company into a 200+ employee company, which conducts investigations for both plaintiffs and...Read More
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Reflections On 9/11 From NYC – 20 Years Later
Tomorrow, Sept. 11, 2021, marks, to borrow a phrase from FDR, a day which will live in infamy in our memory. Even voicing the words “September 11” aloud entails an immediate, somber feeling. 20 years. Different media networks have been producing documentaries to commemorate the day. There will memorial ceremonies in lower Manhattan and elsewhere, and the New York Mets and Yankees game...Read More
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WCM Article on Data Privacy Published in DRI’s “For the Defense”
This past week, For the Defense, a publication of the Defense Research Institute, published What To Expect When You’re Not Expecting a Data Breach written by Brian Gibbons and Lauren Berenbaum. In the digital age, law firms need to be every more mindful of their status as data collectors, and their responsibility to protect the data that maintain. Especially in the “paperless” world...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Brian & Georgia Discuss the Courts and new Associates Starting their Careers this Fall
No guest this week — instead, Brian Gibbons and Georgia Coats discuss the seemingly ever-changing impact of COVID-19 and the delta variant on court operations. As recently as a few months ago, the pandemic seemed to be on its last legs, but numbers are trending in the wrong direction again. What does that mean for court operations this Fall and Winter, in NYC and elsewhere? Also, with...Read More
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by Brian GibbonsAugust 20, 2021 Coverage, Cybersecurity and E-discovery, Insurance, Pennsylvania0 comments
5th Circuit Rules that CGL Insurance Owes Coverage for Data Breach
On July 21, 2021, the Fifth Circuit, in Landry’s Inc. v. Ins. Co. of the State of Pa., issued a pivotal decision concerning coverage for a data breach under a commercial general liability policy. Significantly, the Fifth Circuit held a commercial general liability insurer was obligated to defend its insured in an action asserting breach of contract claims arising out of an alleged data breach....Read More
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Court Rejects GC’s Summary Judgment Motion on Additional Insured Issue (NY)
In Gemini Insurance Company v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, et al. New York County Supreme Court examined whether a general contractor was entitled to additional insured coverage from a plaintiff’s employer, who was a third-party defendant in the underlying personal injury action. Hernandez, an employee of Source, was injured while working at a jobsite. Hernandez sued CM...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Dr. Justin P. Schorr
On this week’s episode, Georgia Coats and Brian Gibbons interview Dr. Justin P Schor an engineer and collision reconstruction expert with DJS Associates, Inc. — a family owned forensic engineering firm where Dr. Schorr has worked since he was a child. In addition to his collision reconstruction and biomechanical experience, we spent much of the interview discussing autonomous...Read More
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WCM Counsel Jim Scott Elected President of Pennsylvania Defense Institute
James W. Scott, Jr., Counsel in the Philadelphia office of Wade Clark Mulcahy LLP, was elected President of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute at its Annual Conference at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort in Bedford, PA. PDI is the statewide organization of civil defense counsel and insurance professionals. Jim is a past President of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel. As such, he...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness Podcast- Jessica Zimmerman
Today’s guest on the Call Your Next Witness podcast, Jessica Zimmerman, is a former prosecutor, civil defense attorney and third-party administrator. She now works directly for an insurance company. Her varying perspectives viewing the world of litigation, both as a litigator and risk manager, give Jessica unique insights toward how we evaluate and defend claims. Did Jessica...Read More
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