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Uber and FedEx claim the firm inflated personal injury claims by steering clients through a coordinated treatment pipeline.

“Like all things in our legal community and beyond, there are rules that sort of catch on from courthouse to courthouse," said Ezra Wohlgelernter, a shareholder at Feldman Shepherd and the chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

During the recent social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl banned smart glasses in her court and ordered that any recordings be destroyed after a team of people from Meta arrived wearing Ray Ban-Meta AI glasses.

"It's always jarring when there's a personal statement from a judge that suggests political views," a Penn Carey law professor said.

The suit centered on allegations that a misdiagnosis and years of improper treatment ultimately led to severe complications, including emergency surgery and multiple amputations.

GM moved to compel arbitration under the dealership agreements that two of the three plaintiffs had entered into.

The question of whether these novel suits will proceed through arbitration rather than the courts has been an early flashpoint in the litigation.

Rather than giving a traditional celebratory address, the retired judge opted for a blunt tone, detailing what he described as mounting pressures on the bench and legal system, telling graduates that the judicial branch, which he called the most important branch of democracy, is “in trouble."

"[C]ounsel must 'stop, think, investigate and research' before including causes of action or filing any paper with the court."

The inspiration behind the group and its approach stems from the number of attorneys who have called on the firm over the years to ask for assistance when embarking on the appellate process, managing partner Mathieu Shapiro said.