Kristie Rearick

March 20, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to the U.S. Supreme Court, a patent application is one of the most difficult legal instruments that can be drafted (Topliff v. Topliff, 145 U.S. 156 (1892)). Small wonder that most patent applications are initially rejected by the Patent Office.

By Lawrence E. Ashery

6 minute read

March 19, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Traveling with a pet can create quite the dilemma. Many pet owners are reluctant to leave their pets behind when they travel, but traveling by air can be both stressful and, at times, dangerous for pets.

By Penny Conly Ellison

7 minute read

March 19, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Can a party to a case where a judgment has been entered in compulsory arbitration have that judgment modified without appealing? This is the underlying question in the recent matter heard by the Pennsylvania Superior Court, captioned as Blucas v. Agiovlasitis, 2018 Pa.Super. 25.

By James W. Cushing

4 minute read

March 19, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fraudulent conveyance litigation arising from failed leveraged buyout transactions is frequently pursued in bankruptcy proceedings as the sole source of recovery for creditors.

By Francis J. Lawall and Kate A. Mahoney

7 minute read

March 19, 2018 | Daily Business Review

After $400 billion vanished, lawsuits quickly filled the void, including two class actions filed in the Southern District of Florida.These cases present the Southern District of Florida with an opportunity to serve as the first federal court to publish decisions on digital currency issues, including whether these currencies are securities, commodities, or an altogether new class of assets.

By Todd Friedman

8 minute read

March 16, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although we often plead or defend various state law claims ancillary to our more-usual employment discrimination actions, they rarely drive cases and we rarely have the opportunity to discuss such claims in this column. But the recent post-trial decision in Accurso v. Infra-Red Services, No. 13-7509 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 16, 2018) involves a wide variety of seldom-litigated claims.

By Sid Steinberg

7 minute read

March 16, 2018 | Daily Business Review

DACA means the world to me. It is much more than a political debate of what to do with the program. It is about people who are trying to better themselves and achieve the American dream. I find it hard to believe that in the summer of 2010, I was in Wise, North Carolina, waking up at 5 in the morning, and now I am in my second year of law school.

By Carlos Segovia

4 minute read

March 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Oct. 4, 2016, the waiting period for a no-fault divorce was reduced from two years to one year. The new law became effective on Dec. 3, 2016. The law was prospective and applied to separations which begun on or after Dec. 4, 2016. Now a year later the question becomes what if any impact this new legislation has had on obtaining a no-fault divorce in Pennsylvania.

By Carolyn R. Mirabile

7 minute read

March 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Feb. 1, the Ninth Circuit upheld the Hawaii district court's decision finding that the County of Maui (county) violated the CWA when it discharged treated effluent into underground injection wells, which then allowed the effluent to seep into the Pacific Ocean.

By Michael N. Mills and Shannon Morrissey

6 minute read

March 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

With the law of products liability cases continuing to evolve in the post-Tincher era, growing pains are being felt by both the courts and practitioners. In particular, as reported in numerous recent articles in the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and The Legal Intelligencer, the trial courts are faced with conflicting positions from the plaintiff's bar and the defense bar on the proper language for jury instructions in post-Tincher products cases.

By Daniel E. Cummins

10 minute read