Stephen McConnell, left, and Sarah Johansen, right, of Reed Smith. Courtesy photos Last December, the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) named the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (CCP) and the ...

The article is here; the Introduction: Open courts are a cornerstone of democratic government, ensuring not only that justice is done but that it is seen to be done. As the Supreme Court recognized in ...

Perhaps nothing frustrates appellate counsel more than discovering that a valid argument on appeal is foreclosed by trial counsel’s failure to properly raise the argument in the district court.