Kristie Rearick

July 08, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

In two recent cases of note to property owners in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court sided with the city government in Philadelphia regarding the imposition of substantial fines for continuous building code violations issued by the city of Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I).

By Alan Nochumson and Jared Klein

8 minute read

July 08, 2024 | Daily Business Review

While courts in South Florida sometimes agree with the commercial landlords and force the tenant to leave if the tenant was late in exercising the renewal option, it has been the law of our state for over 70 years that, in certain circumstances, a tenant that exercises its option late may nonetheless extend the terms of its lease.

By Eddie L. Holiday III

6 minute read

July 08, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

This article discusses the ethical obligations and associated risks that flow from engaging the services of a temporary attorney, including areas such as billing for services and adequate disclosure to clients.

By Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente

6 minute read

July 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

  As we reported in this column in April, landlords often hold large claims in bankruptcy cases involving commercial real estate when the lease…

By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

11 minute read

July 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

AI is here, and it is here to stay. And, of course, these tools are evolving at a rapid pace, presenting new opportunities for use and improving their utility on a nearly daily basis.

By Nicole D. Galli

9 minute read

July 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Civil RICO is seen as "the litigation equivalent of a thermonuclear device," and civil RICO claims are often employed in complex, high-stakes litigation.

By Edward T. Kang

6 minute read

July 05, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Be aware of the phenomenon of concept creep. Implement appropriate safeguards. The family law system can better serve the needs of divorcing families and protect the well-being of children while upholding the principles of fairness and due process if everyone understands that one definition may not hold for all applications of one concept.

By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack

6 minute read

July 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

If you gave up on doing HITECH requests and went back to sending requests to providers with the patient's direction to send the records right to you, following up relentlessly, getting records, and paying the hard-to-stomach cost for electronic records; read on.

By Joseph Chapman

10 minute read

July 03, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

In Plum Borough v. Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Plum, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court addressed several important issues in the realm of land use law, including the natural expansion doctrine and the need for zoning hearing boards to issue findings of fact in support of their decisions.

By John Hosa

6 minute read

July 03, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Although the Data Rights Rule now imposes greater obligations on financial institutions and related entities, there is room for organizations to exercise the utility of AI to help them facilitate these novel changes while increasing efficiency and maintaining compliance.

By J. Michael Paulino

7 minute read