The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Courts Could See Increase in Resentencing Following Landmark Ruling

Allison Fitzpatrick, a partner at Davis+Gilbert LLP in New York focused on social media marketing, called the verdicts a “turning point." For the first time, jurors found social media giants Meta and YouTube addicted an adolescent user, causing her mental health struggles, which included depression and body dysmorphia, and Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms. A “common theme” in both cases were internal documents and emails at Meta discussing the impact and engagement of its platforms when it comes to young users. “It’s absolutely remarkable because it’s the first time this theory that social media is a product and, as such, defective and harmful, has been successful,” Nikolas Guggenberger, assistant professor at the University of Houston Law Center, told reporter Amanda Bronstad. Bronstad also spoke with Joseph McNally, director of emerging litigation at Los Angeles-based McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP, who is a former federal prosecutor, and Morgan & Morgan’s Emily Jeffcott in Florida. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gdSX4kXt

The American Lawyer Industry Awards are now open for nominations! Returning this year are the Corporate Departments of the Year categories. Deadline is June 15. #awards #legalawards #americanlawyer #corporatedepartments https://lnkd.in/gNcRXVJW

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From Tara Param and Maddie Fenton of Holland & Knight LLP: "In enacting this law, Pennsylvania follows the lead of more than half the states in the country, which have adopted the same or similar protections." 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gRWdwEJB

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius associate Benjamin Brody and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School recently co-authored a paper on last year's agreements between law firms and the Trump administration and how they impacted the legal industry. “We were really concerned and disturbed by the series of executive orders that were issued against the most powerful and largest law firms at the start of the administration taking office,” Rulli told reporter Christine Charnosky. The paper explores how these agreements between the White House and law firms violate the American Bar Association’s Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.6(b). 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gkXPg84d

Today's edition of People in the News includes personnel updates about Marshall Dennehey and Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gZYeFb4R

Legal Impact of 2 Social Media Verdicts: 'A Road Map to Beating the Big Tech Companies'

Burns White LLC health care and long-term care member Courtney Barbacane is the first lawyer attached to the new office. “Our game plan is to really extend ourselves up and down the Eastern Seaboard as trial attorneys, and we have had a lot of client requests and feedback about a presence in Maryland,” firm CEO Stuart T. O'Neal, III said. From reporter Amanda O'Brien: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g3TeWKyg

Pa. CROWNS New Hair Protections: Hair-Based Discrimination Rules for Schools and Workplaces Take Effect