Kristie Rearick

January 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On April 21, 2014, plaintiff Shana Leedie, 35, a salesperson, was driving a sport utility vehicle on north Interstate 95, in Philadelphia. When she was near the Front Street on-ramp, she became stopped in traffic and her SUV was rear-ended by a sedan. She claimed injuries to her neck, left shoulder, and back.

By Kristie Rearick |

4 minute read

January 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Domestic violence became a part of Pennsylvania law on Dec. 6, 1976. It was difficult to accept the fact that ongoing and accepted behavior between spouses in long-term marriages that had gone on for decades was now a civil tort.

By Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin

6 minute read

January 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania appellate courts decided about two dozen cases that one could call “environmental” last year. A brief review follows that necessarily…

By David G. Mandelbaum

11 minute read

January 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court has again been asked to resolve a closely watched dispute involving discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The court heard oral argument in December in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which, unlike prior challenges in this area, involves the First Amendment.

By Stephen A. Miller and Leigh Ann Benson

5 minute read

January 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series.Last week, I discussed Winfield v. New York, 15-CV-05236 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 27, 2017), where…

By Leonard Deutchman

13 minute read

January 11, 2018 | Daily Business Review

In the summer of 2016, Cravath, Swaine & Moore rocked the legal world by raising starting salaries for associates from $160,000 to $180,000. Shortly…

By Debra Frank Montero

5 minute read

January 10, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

While many view the period between Thanksgiving and Jan. 1 as a hectic time of year, no one has been working harder than the Delaware courts.

By Arthur R. Bookout

17 minute read

January 10, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

“He said, she said” is one of the clearest paths to trial for a plaintiff claiming workplace harassment or discrimination. This is particularly so when the statements in question are explosive. A clear example of this conundrum for employers was addressed in the recent decision of El v. Advance Stores, No. 17-2345, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 211887 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 27, 2017).

By Sid Steinberg

6 minute read

January 10, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Florida has given a slight benefit to those who lease commercial property beginning this year.

By Marvin A. Kirsner

4 minute read

January 10, 2018 | The Recorder

Imagine yourself in the following scenario. You represent the plaintiff in a case alleging breach of contract and unfair competition. Shortly before the case is scheduled to go to trial, the defendant files a motion on the pleadings to dismiss the contract claim, arguing that the contract is void under the statute of frauds.

By Sarah Hofstadter

7 minute read