Kristie Rearick

July 16, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Structuring an inheritance for children requires an understanding of the specific needs of the child.

By Justin H. Brown and George M. Riter Jr.

8 minute read

July 16, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

I'm sharing with you my approach to this recent trial, including how we prepared the case from jury selection through the verdict. I've thought about writing about these topics for a long time, but I just never found the time. For those readers who try civil cases or for those who've thought it might be interesting to become a trial lawyer, this is for you. I hope you enjoy it.

By Larry E. Coben

10 minute read

July 16, 2024 | Legaltech News

Guidelines, existing, emerging, and yet to be published, serve to highlight the irreplaceable value of human creativity and inventiveness, asserting that despite AI's growing capabilities, the essence of innovation and artistic creation remains distinctly human.

By Olga V. Mack and Kassi Burns

10 minute read

July 16, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Can an attorney be sued for a civil rights violation?

By Matthew B. Weisberg

2 minute read

July 16, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

There is an important, growing trend among nonprofit organizations to merge in order to conserve resources such as board members, grant funding and donors. Conservation of these resources will help to sustain the programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations for future generations.

By Meagan Truong and Martha "Frannie" Reilly

6 minute read

July 15, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

This is the first article of a two-part series outlining some of the tools and advantages of presenting a complex business dispute to a jury utilizing the CLD.

By Brian J. Donnell

7 minute read

July 15, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

There is still a very good argument- with very good reasons behind it—that speculation regarding settlement cannot be the basis for damages in a legal malpractice action. It is almost always true that in order to succeed in a legal malpractice action in Pennsylvania, the plaintiff must prove that but for the attorney's alleged negligence they would have won the underlying action.

By Alesia S. Sulock and Josh J.T. Byrne

7 minute read

July 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The trial court's decision not to award treble damages due to the award of punitive damages and attorney fees was not an exercise of discretion. It was a refusal to exercise discretion, resulting from an erroneous misapplication of the law.

By Cliff Rieders

10 minute read

July 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, holding that the SEC cannot assess civil penalties for securities fraud through an administrative tribunal.

By David G. Mandelbaum

8 minute read

July 12, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

At least some facial identifications are reliable (see, e.g., familiar identifications of a previously well-known individual). The question is—can the same be said when the perpetrator was fully masked and all that was visible were his eyes?

By Jules Epstein

8 minute read