Carley Meiners

July 17, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The bench and the bar continue their historic battle with the ever-growing tsunami of civil discovery. In 2009, the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System published a white paper that recommended that the notice pleading requirement of the federal court system should be abolished; instead, they recommended a return to "fact pleading" as a means to reduce discovery.

By Peter F. Vaira

15 minute read

July 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Actions taken by state legislators more than two years ago are now beginning to impact major private construction projects across Pennsylvania.

By Joshua Lorenz

12 minute read

July 13, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A recent Delaware Supreme Court decision resolved a $2 billion post-closing dispute about the interplay between common features of acquisition agreements.

By K. Tyler O'Connell

8 minute read

July 10, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

This article addresses ­common questions that new physicians, ­current physicians, and other medical professions (and those advising them) may have regarding medical licenses in the state of Pennsylvania.

By Vasilios J. Kalogredis

6 minute read

July 05, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Throughout time industries have ­developed techniques and processes that are believed to be essential elements that contributed to the company's success. For almost as long, companies have sought and devised ways to protect those techniques and processes that constituted the company's intellectual property. Many companies turned to federal patent protection, others chose to treat the information as trade secrets and others chose to use contractual obligations to protect their intellectual property.

By Anthony S. Volpe and Bradley M. Brown

8 minute read

July 05, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A divided Delaware Supreme Court recently held that a mortgage assignee must be entitled to enforce the underlying obligation that the mortgage secures in order to foreclose on the mortgage.

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

7 minute read

July 03, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

On June 9, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2017-34, 2017-26 IRB, which ­provides a more liberal timeframe for certain estates to make the federal estate tax portability election.

By Rebecca Rosenberger Smolen and Amy Neifeld Shkedy

12 minute read

June 29, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

In recent months, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued three important decisions regarding the rights of property owners and lenders in mortgage foreclosure proceedings. The court's decisions touch on several key areas, such as the true definition of a property owner, the rights of lenders seeking to foreclose on a mortgage endorsed in blank and the need for evidence when imposing an equitable lien against a common party's interest in a property.

By Frank Kosir Jr.

6 minute read

June 28, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

In , one of Delaware's largest appraisal litigations in history, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that the deal price in PetSmart Inc.'s going-private transaction was the best evidence of fair value.

By Brett M. McCartney

6 minute read

June 22, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. Section 10101 et seq., authorizes municipalities to engage in land use planning and implement land use controls through a number of mechanisms, including comprehensive plans, official maps, zoning ordinances, subdivision and land development ordinances and planned residential developments.

By Blaine A. Lucas and Alyssa E. Golfieri

13 minute read