Kristie Rearick

January 29, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Companies contracting with the federal government should be aware that significant changes are likely under the Trump administration in the manner in which the government solicits and funds contracts and the extent to which the government recognizes knowledge of risks related to the goods or services subject to such contracts. When faced with litigation involving government contracts, companies often employ the Government Contractor's Defense, which shields a contractor that has complied with reasonably precise government specifications from liability provided the contractor has warned the government of risks not otherwise known to the government.

By Carl J. Schaerf and Lee C. Schmeer

9 minute read

January 29, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Courts have worked to construct rules for use before and during trial that ensure only true business records—that is, records of regularly conducted activity that carry an air of trustworthiness and reliability—are admitted into evidence, while avoiding admission of day-to-day communications and other documents that cannot be categorized as business records.

By Michael C. Zogby and Shane M. O'Connell

9 minute read

January 29, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The last several years have brought significant developments to Pennsylvania products liability law, ranging from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decisions in Tincher v. Omega Flex and Lance v. Wyeth to rulings on the scope of evidence in the trial of a products liability case, to the application of the Pennsylvania Fair Share Act to a strict product liability claim.

By Stephen J. Finley

7 minute read

January 29, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Everyone is talking about them. Cryptocurrencies have become one of the most interesting technology tools of the last decade.

By Katayun I. Jaffari and Kimberly W. Klayman

7 minute read

January 26, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Dec. 11, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that medical labs do not have to independently verify the medical necessity of tests ordered by physicians and billed to government health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The court issued this ruling in the case Groat v. Boston Heart Diagnostics.

By Vasilios J. Kalogredis

5 minute read

January 25, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania law requires auto insurers to offer insureds the option to purchase uninsured motorist (UM) coverage. UM coverage provides compensation for insureds injured in accidents caused by the negligence of uninsured drivers or in “hit and run” accidents where the at-fault driver is never identified or by the negligence of underinsured drivers.

By Kenneth M. Portner

7 minute read

January 25, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Legal Intelligencer is accepting nominations in 10 categories this year, including four new categories geared exclusively toward firms with fewer than 200 lawyers.

By The Legal Intelligencer

2 minute read

January 25, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

I am a newly elected judicial officer. What is the most important aspect of consideration in being a judge?

By Samuel C. Stretton

16 minute read

January 25, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fifty years ago, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) was enacted to prohibit and eradicate systemic age discrimination that aging workers faced in the workplace.

By Jeffrey Campolongo 
and Emily Paige Wisniewski

7 minute read

January 25, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Who in civil litigation does not love a good RICO claim? Its boundaries are seemingly endless, and in the case of Harvey Weinstein—perhaps one of the most vilified defendants on the planet right now—there is the possibility of catastrophic implications, as if being the face of an entire movement (#MeToo) is not bad enough.

By Edward T. Kang

9 minute read