Kristie Rearick

February 09, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

While the legal industry has undergone dramatic shifts and changes in recent times, it is still not a very common occurrence to find a long-time inside counsel making the leap into the world of outside law firms.

By Steven P. Seltzer

4 minute read

February 08, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In the past year, each of us performed a damages allocation arising from a horrific accident—the May 2015 derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia, a crash that killed eight and seriously injured 200 people, and the June 2013 collapse of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Center City, which killed seven and severely injured 12.

By Diane Welsh and Jerry Roscoe

9 minute read

February 08, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code is a powerful tool which enables a debtor to reject certain contracts it finds unnecessary or burdensome to its reorganization.

By Francis J. Lawall and Marcy J. McLaughlin

7 minute read

February 08, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision in Rancosky v. Washington National Insurance, 170 A.3d 364 (Pa. 2017), was one of the court's most eagerly anticipated commercial cases of 2017 due to its possible repercussions for the insurance industry.

By Kristin H. Jones, Sara B. Richman and Brian Callaway

6 minute read

February 08, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On May 3, 2015, plaintiff Paulette Isaac, 57, was walking on Commissioner Street, in North Philadelphia, when she tripped and fell. She asserted that she had been walking on the sidewalk at 3429 W. Commissioner St. when her foot caught on a patch of temporary asphalt, causing her to fall and land face-first. She claimed she suffered brain damage.

By VerdictSearch

6 minute read

February 08, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

I represent a general partnership and have done so for several years. Is there anything that prevents me from suing one of the partners on an unrelated matter involving another client of mine?

By Samuel C. Stretton

9 minute read

February 08, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In January 2015, Henry Blue, whose suit was brought by plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, began working as a foreman at Aqua Resources Inc., a water and waste-water services company, at its facility in Bear, Delaware.

By VerdictSearch

3 minute read

February 08, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Nov. 21, 2017, ride-sharing giant, Uber, issued a press release stating that it had fallen victim to a cyberattack in late 2016.

By Joseph Cardile and Jeffrey T. Criswell

7 minute read

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