Kristie Rearick

December 04, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

The daily headlines are prompting boards to think hard about their responsibilities for overseeing organizational culture: not only what “culture” means in the context of the board's fiduciary duty, but also who among the executive leadership team is best suited to advise them on their culture-related responsibilities.

By Michael W. Peregrine

6 minute read

December 04, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

2017 Top 100

By The Legal Intelligencer

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December 04, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

On May 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Petratos v. Genentech, 855 F.3d 481 (3d Cir. 2017) (Petratos), and joined several other circuits in recognizing the heightened False Claims Act (FCA) materiality standard set forth in last year's landmark Supreme Court case, Universal Health Services v. Escobar, 136 S. Ct. 1989, 195 L. Ed. 2d 348 (2016) (Escobar).

By Vasilios J. Kalogredis

14 minute read

December 04, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court is currently considering the intersection of two federal statutes governing workplace disputes.

By Stephen A. Miller and Haryle Kaldis

8 minute read

December 04, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Leasing is an integral part of the everyday activity of most businesses. A business may lease its premises consisting of offices, factories and warehouses. Additionally businesses often lease other assets including vehicles, office equipment and almost anything else that could be bought or purchased.

By Steven A. Moses

6 minute read

December 01, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

As we discussed in our May 2017 article, the current head of the DOJ's Antitrust Division, Makan Delrahim, brings considerable intellectual property experience to the division. Delrahim started his legal career at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as deputy director for intellectual property rights.

By Carl W. Hittinger and Tyson Y. Herrold

8 minute read

December 01, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Restasis is patented, and those patents received significant attention last month when they were sold to a Native American tribe—as a litigation strategy. The sale created a significant backlash both in court and from the U.S. Congress.

By Lawrence Ashery

14 minute read

December 01, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Those brave Americans who perished in World War II are rolling over in their graves. Buried in foreign soil and at home, they fought and defeated Nazi ideology. The eternal slumber of these heroes has been disturbed by a resurgence of America's all-time greatest enemy—Nazis.

By Edward R. Blumberg

4 minute read

November 30, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

In April 2016, Gov. Tom Wolf signed Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program into law, adding the commonwealth to a list of 24 U.S. states with similar statutes. Though this program represents a step in the fight for access to more extensive pain management therapies, it also causes confusion among employers that are now required to abide by this new law.

By Joshua Lorenz and Elaina Smiley

6 minute read

November 30, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

On June 1, 2014, plaintiff MacDonald Taylor, a maintenance worker in his late 30s, tripped and fell at his residence, at 513 Broadview Road, in Upper Darby. He had rented the property from Ray and Jeanine Wilt since August 2012.

By VerdictSearch

4 minute read