Alexa Woronowicz

September 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Entertainment Law columnists Michael I. Rudell and Neil J. Rosini discuss agreements between authors and their agents, which are sometimes separate, but often their relationship is defined in the author's publishing agreement.

By Michael I. Rudell and Neil J. Rosini

8 minute read

September 29, 2017 | The Recorder

The trend is growing at law schools across the country to train students to work in technology, but one school in Silicon Valley says it's outpaced others with a new program that takes the focus out of the classroom and into the field.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

September 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

David F. Wertheimer and Justin S. Brenner write: Over the past few years, there has been a marked trend of corporate governance litigation involving Delaware corporations being filed outside of Delaware's Court of Chancery. New York is seeing its share of that exodus. Whether that share expands may depend, at least partly, on whether New York law on the award of mootness fees evolves to be more or less favorable than Delaware law.

By David F. Wertheimer and Justin S. Brenner

9 minute read

September 29, 2017 | Legaltech News

The European Commission recently released guidelines for online platforms aimed to prevent, detect and remove content that incites hatred, violence and terrorism online.

By Ed Silverstein

5 minute read

September 29, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The trial court properly denied defendant relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act where the evidence was sufficient to support the specific intent element of his first-degree murder conviction and, thus, the newly-discovered DNA evidence establishing an absence of defendant's semen in the victim's body would not alter the outcome of a degree-of-fault hearing. The court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

By Alexa Woronowicz

3 minute read

September 29, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Respondent was disbarred on consent retroactive to June 2, 2015 on consideration of a verified statement of resignation and was ordered to comply with the provisions of Pa.R.D.E. 217 and pay costs.

By Alexa Woronowicz

1 minute read

September 29, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Taxicab regulating authority's per-vehicle assessment on partial rights taxicab operators was arbitrary and unreasonable where assessments were derived from an estimate of the number of vehicles that would be in service. Order of the trial court reversed.

By Alexa Woronowicz

4 minute read

September 29, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Petitioner failed to establish undue influence or lack of testamentary capacity where her mother executed a will that left her entire estate to another family member.

By Alexa Woronowicz

3 minute read

September 29, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The court declined to dismiss the plaintiff's claim for breach of a requirements contract involving the purchase of fuel oil where the issue of good faith was a question to be resolved by the finder of fact. Plaintiff's allegations of reliance were sufficient to support its promissory estoppel claim.

By Alexa Woronowicz

3 minute read

September 29, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Finding no "true conflict" between Pennsylvania law and North Carolina law as applied to plaintiff's negligent design defect and strict liability design claims arising from his use of Risperdal®, the court applied Pennsylvania law under the state's choice of law methodology and found the claims to be precluded. The court asked the appellate court to affirm its order granting the moving defendants summary judgment.

By Alexa Woronowicz

3 minute read