Kristie Rearick

February 01, 2018 | The Recorder

As young children, we begin our quest for the answers to “Why?” It's an innocent curiosity that is present in every encounter, every conversation and every thought. And it's part of the wonder of being a child. Discovering the world and what makes it tick.

By Julie Brush

4 minute read

January 31, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

It has been a year and a half since Pennsylvania's Fair Value Legislation, Act 12 of 2016, 66 Pa. C.S. Section 1329 (Act 12) went into effect in June 2016. Since Act 12's enactment, Pennsylvania has seen an uptick in investor-owned utilities' (IOUs) attempts to privatize municipal water authorities, and IOUs have publicized their plans to focus on “growth through acquisition.”

By Kevin Dooley Kent and Brittany J. Gigliotti

9 minute read

January 31, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Where does your company want to be sued? Of course, the obvious answer is “nowhere.” But in this litigious country that is not realistic.

By Edward M. McNally

6 minute read

January 31, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

In a recent decision, Judge Andre G. Bouchard of the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed the question of whether a plaintiff who obtains a corporate benefit through litigation may target a particular stockholder to pay a common fund fee award.

By Justin T. Kelton

4 minute read

January 31, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The recent tour boat accident in Mexico involving 10 travelers sailing from Miami on Royal Caribbean is the second such accident within weeks of each other. On Dec. 19, 12 people died after a tour bus to Mayan ruins south of Tulum flipped on a two-way highway.

By Robert L. Parks and Gabriel Garay

6 minute read

January 30, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Apple will soon return to court to continue its legal battle with Samsung over Samsung's infringement of Apple's iPhone design. The latest chapter of this saga concerns the proper methodology for calculating damages that Samsung must pay to Apple for infringing Apple's design patents.

By Brett J. Rosen

8 minute read

January 30, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Passengers of cruise ships injured or killed during shore excursions: Is the cruise ship company liable if something goes wrong during the excursion they promote and sell to the passenger?

By Brett Rivkind

4 minute read

January 30, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the Legal's Products Liability, Mass Torts & Class Action supplement, read about company-generated documents and emails, navigating choppy waters…

By The Legal Intelligencer

2 minute read

January 30, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Over the last seven years, the U.S. Supreme Court has rapidly and dramatically altered the landscape of personal jurisdiction law. Specifically, the court issued six opinions that overturned a lower court's exercise of personal jurisdiction, reinforced due process limitations on state assertions of jurisdiction, and narrowed the scope of constitutionally permissible general and specific personal jurisdiction.

By Eric Rosenberg

8 minute read

January 30, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its decision in Tincher v. Omega Flex, the committee appointed by the court to prepare jury instructions issued “suggested standard products liability instructions” (published by the PBI) in an effort to provide guidance to the bench and bar.

By Larry Coben

15 minute read