Kristie Rearick

March 02, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Recently, a landmark United Kingdom case has made it clear that U.K.-based parent companies may be found liable for human rights violations committed by their foreign subsidiaries. Plaintiffs all over the world are filing lawsuits seeking to hold parent companies responsible for the extraterritorial conduct of their subsidiaries.

By Viren Mascarenhas and Kayla Winarsky Green

6 minute read

March 01, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sanchez v. Harrisburg Avenue RadiologyDefense VerdictDate of Verdict: Jan. 8.Court and Case No.:  C.P. Lancaster County, No. CU-13-04878.Judge:  Jeffery…

By VerdictSearch

4 minute read

March 01, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Normally, work injuries arise when an employee is injured on or off the employer's premises, while actually engaged in furtherance of the employer's business or affairs. Last week, in US Airways v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board Bockelman, No. 612 C.D. 2017, the Commonwealth Court revisited the less common compensability of a workers' compensation claim based on a premises theory of liability.

By Christian Petrucci

7 minute read

March 01, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

I am being conflicted out of a personal injury case. I have requested the client go to a good friend of mine who is an excellent lawyer to represent him in the personal injury case. May that lawyer pay me a one-third referral fee, assuming the client does not object?

By Samuel C. Stretton

7 minute read

March 01, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Dec. 19, 2017, a group of New York physicians filed a verified complaint in the U.S. Supreme Court of the state of New York County of Westchester, challenging their partnership's merger with a large hospital practice. The physicians challenging the merger claim that the deal will reduce them to “indentured servants.”

By Vasilios J. Kalogredis and Katherine E. LaDow

6 minute read

March 01, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

On June 15, 2010, Michael Toll called 9-1-1 and reported he had been shot on a street corner in Philadelphia. A police officer responded and found Toll in his vehicle.

By Matthew T. Mangino

7 minute read

March 01, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Since 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act has required businesses and public entities to make reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of disabled individuals.

By Eric Boughman

5 minute read

March 01, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the latest public school massacre 17 people—students and teachers—were killed when a former student, armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at a high school on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14.

By Cliff Rieders

7 minute read

March 01, 2018 | The Recorder

Theoretically, both the Federal and California governments have laws in place to protect any and all employees of age discrimination.

By Alexis S. McKenna

5 minute read

February 28, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

You've mastered the IRAC method, especially after that formidable civil procedure International Shoe v. Washington case as a 1L. You passed the bar, and now you're ready to be a lawyer … right? Not exactly.

By Raphael F. Castro

6 minute read