Kristie Rearick

February 08, 2018 | Daily Business Review

If you are an attorney, title agent, realtor, broker, lender, home buyer or seller, or an individual or business that even occasionally sends or receives wire transfers, there is significant likelihood that a skilled hacker is working feverishly on conscripting you and your business into a $5 billion (and growing) illegal industry.

By Daniel A. Kaskel

8 minute read

February 08, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two recent decisions from the Pennsylvania Superior Court appear inconsistent and irreconcilable with respect to a trial court's in camera review of documents subject to a claim of privilege. In one case, the Superior Court rebuked the trial court for not conducting an in camera review and suggested that in camera review by trial courts of allegedly privilege documents is required in Yocabet v. UPMC Presbyterian, 119 A.3d 1012 (Pa. Super. 2015).

By Kevin P. Allen

6 minute read

February 08, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Dec. 20, 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the purpose of which was to stimulate economic growth through a major overhaul of the Internal Revenue Code.

By Daniel J. Malpezzi and Timothy J. Horstmann

7 minute read

February 07, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Most Americans carry a cellphone with them at all times. Little do they know that they are constantly transmitting information about their whereabouts to their phone service provider.

By Stephen A. Miller and Rachel Collins Clarke

6 minute read

February 07, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Before becoming a lawyer, I earned a graduate degree from a fiction writing workshop. I say “earned” not because I emerged with a novel, or even a great story, but because the program was difficult—far more challenging, at least form a psychological standpoint, than law school was.

By Douglas E. Roberts

4 minute read

February 07, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The five-year statute of limitations for actions against surety bonds in construction disputes has been the subject of a number of significant Florida appellate court rulings over the years.

By B. Michael Clark Jr.

5 minute read

February 07, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware Supreme Court declined to adopt a new standard governing issue preclusion of derivative actions, creating a tension with Delaware courts' forceful encouragement that stockholders fully investigate their claims before pursuing such actions on behalf of a company.

By Michelle Reed and Matthew Lloyd

7 minute read

February 06, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

With technology being the ultimate enabler across the majority of industries, commercially available “off the shelf” software products have become the lifeline of many businesses.

By Barbara Melby and Eric J. Pennesi

9 minute read

February 06, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the Legal's E-Discovery supplement, read about possession, custody or control; preserving wearable data and how when it come to ethics and e-discovery, attorneys must stay current.

By The Legal Intelligencer

2 minute read

February 05, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Data is duplicative by nature, but the way your operation stores and manages data is likely exposing it to unnecessary and costly redundancy. Most organizations handling e-discovery today could very well have a cumulative data set that is anywhere from five to 10 times bigger than necessary.

By Elie Francis

4 minute read