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Alexa Woronowicz

Alexa Woronowicz

Alexa Woronowicz is chief copy editor for ALM and associate editor for The Legal Intelligencer. Contact her at [email protected] or on Twitter @AWoronowiczTLI.

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April 24, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Clear and Unequivocal Pay-If-Paid Provision in Construction Contract Establishes Precondition to Payment Between Contractor and Subcontractor

A pay-if-paid clause in a construction contract provides that a subcontractor will be paid by the general contractor only if the owner pays the general contractor for the subcontractor's work.

By Lisa Lombardo and Michael A. Conforti

7 minute read

April 21, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

With No Waiver, Are Residential Borrowers Entitled to a Credit Against Interest for Taxes Paid?

It is this article's thesis that Rosenbaum was wrongly decided: that the credit, unless waived, is still viable. Simply put, why would the Legislature afford borrowers a credit against interest payable on their mortgages that was inapplicable to all mortgages?

By Myron C. Weinstein

8 minute read

April 20, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Juvenile Rapist/Murderer, After 20 Years in Prison, Is Entitled to Sentence Review

The Comer decision rightly permits a juvenile, who has been incarnated for 20 years, to try to convince a court that he has learned his lesson and deserves a second chance.

By Louis F. Locascio

6 minute read

April 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Reps. Introduce Bipartisan Legislation on Marriage Equality

State Reps. Malcolm Kenyatta and Danilo Burgos, both D-Philadelphia, Jessica Benham, D-Allegheny, and Jamie Flick, R-Lycoming, are introducing legislation to protect the right of marriage equality against further high court cases that could erode that right and to clean up the statute to be in line with the U.S. Supreme Court case of Obergefell v. Hodges.

By Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus

4 minute read

April 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Public Interest Calendar of Events

Read about the upcoming public interest events in the Philadelphia area.

By The Legal Intelligencer

3 minute read

April 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

When a Name Is Not the Right Name

Without a name change, transgender individuals are forced to rely on identification that reveals their transgender status in innumerable everyday interactions and reduces their opportunities for employment, housing, travel, and medical care.

By Adrian M. Lowe

6 minute read

April 17, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal

Patents and Trade Secrets: A Dual Strategy for Protecting Innovations

By adopting some best practices, each innovation can be catalogued and protected as a bundle of trade secrets and patents based on what rights each protects, how rights are preserved and enforced, and how assets are monetized.

By Lennie A. Bersh and Kristopher D. Reichlen

9 minute read

April 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Best Interest of the Child' Standard Can Disadvantage Parents and Caregivers With Disabilities

The challenge in representing a custody litigant with disabilities lies in understanding and countering what many think they know when they see a person with disabilities caring for a child.

By Todd W. Nothstein

7 minute read

April 14, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Adopts Specific Definitions of Protected Classes

The amendments will create new Pennsylvania Code Sections at 16 Pa. Code §§ 41.201–41.207, and would expand the terms "sex," "religious creed" and "race" for purposes of the Pennsylvania Humans Relations Act (PHRA) and the Pennsylvania Fair Educational Opportunities Act (PFEOA).

By Patricia Collins

5 minute read

April 14, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I received a letter from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel that also has a one-page statement "Your Pennsylvania Bar License is at risk." Is this something new?

By Samuel C. Stretton

12 minute read