Kristie Rearick

August 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The potential exponential costs that can result in having to defend hundreds, if not thousands, of claims can at times force respondents to settle claims that otherwise may be lacking in merit in order to avoid the costs of having to defend them.

By Leslie Berkoff

9 minute read

August 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Mediation represents a pivotal juncture in any legal dispute, where parties have an opportunity to transition from adversarial posturing to problem-solving.

By Monica Delgado and Jonathan Harris

7 minute read

August 02, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

While it is hard to discern exactly what difficulties schools will face in the wake of changing injunctions, it is clear that the sooner this issue is resolved, the better for both the schools and the students the Title IX rules are meant to protect.

By Sydney Smith Forquer and Ashling A. Ehrhardt

6 minute read

August 02, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

On July 11, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law a $47.6 billion budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Along with investments in education, transportation, and development projects, the budget includes significant tax reform.

By Jennifer W. Karpchuk, Thu N. Lam and Olivia Y. Klein

4 minute read

August 02, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The question in the case was whether a prior Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision—A.S. v. I.S.—extended beyond its facts to create child support obligations in third parties who seek and obtain custody rights less than those held by a biological parent.

By Mathieu J. Shapiro, Hillary J. Moonay and Melissa M. Blanco

7 minute read

August 02, 2024 | Daily Business Review

On July 24, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) approved changes to FHSAA Bylaw 9.9 which governs amateurism, and now, NIL for Florida high school student-athletes. These changes to Bylaw 9.9 will allow Florida high school student-athletes to profit from the use of their NIL while maintaining their high school athletic eligibility.

By Nicholas Patti and Rhett Parker

4 minute read

August 02, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Because the courts have not fleshed out all the nuances of what the Environmental Rights Amendment means, this superficially procedural decision may have important implications for how that constitutional jurisprudence develops.

By David G. Mandelbaum

7 minute read

August 02, 2024 | Law.com

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit expanded its jurisprudence on copyright law twice in recent months. Addressing questions ranging from copyrightability to fair use, and arising from separate disputes involving a car dealership's customer intake form and a popular meme, these two opinions round out a body of just seven decisions on copyright law released by this appellate court in the past five years.

By Holley Horrell

8 minute read

August 01, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The new statute builds on a model act proposed by the Uniform Law Commission and the collective experience of states with existing anti-SLAPP laws, while also accounting for distinctive features of our commonwealth's Constitution and Pennsylvania legal practice.

By Michael Berry

6 minute read

August 01, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

On June 24, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs) providing additional guidance on cybersecurity incident reporting pursuant to Item 1.05 of Form 8-K.

By Katayun I. Jaffari and John Crozier

12 minute read