Kristie Rearick

January 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

At its core, international arbitration is governed by a combination of common and civil law norms that have evolved over time. Thus, unsurprisingly, international arbitration practice differs in many ways from what an attorney might encounter during court proceedings or domestic arbitrations in the United States.

By Albert Bates Jr. and R. Zachary Torres-Fowler

8 minute read

January 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The longer cases are litigated, the more they cost. Particularly for corporate parties, this means more internal time is lost, and more dollars may need to be held in reserve over long periods which could be more productively applied elsewhere. Thus, it is no surprise that many companies who regularly litigate closely track the time cases are open as one yardstick to measure the performance of outside counsel.

By William P. Shelley

9 minute read

January 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the past year, each of us performed a damages allocation arising from a horrific accident—the May 2015 derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia, a crash that killed eight and seriously injured 200 people, and the June 2013 collapse of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Center City, which killed seven and severely injured 12.

By Diane Welsh and Jerry Roscoe

9 minute read

January 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

With today's technology, there are many inexpensive, yet powerful tools that can be used to present your case in a mediation setting.

By Howard J. Schulberg

8 minute read

January 15, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Where guided choice mediation is utilized, the parties agree on the selection of a mediator whose role it is to assist them, in the early stages of a dispute, in achieving a timely resolution of that dispute.

By Robert A. Korn

7 minute read

January 12, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The issue of whether a 558 notice serves as a “claim” under a commercial general liability (CGL) policy, such as the one issued by Crum & Forster Specialty Ins. Co. (C&F) in Altman Contractors v. Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance, No. SC16-1420, 2017 WL 6379535 (Fla. Dec. 14, 2017), has finally been resolved and construction defect claimants can expect earlier participation from their carriers.

By Commentary by David B. Haber, Frank Soto and Brett Silverberg

4 minute read

January 12, 2018 | Daily Business Review

On Dec. 14, 2017, in Altman Contractors v. Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance, No. SC15-1420 (Dec. 14, 2017), the Florida Supreme Court held that the pre-suit notice of claim process under Chapter 558 of the Florida Statutes is a “suit” as defined by standard Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies, and thus, could require insurance companies to provide their insureds a defense through that process and prior to the commencement of formal litigation or arbitration.

By Adam P. Handfinger and Meredith N. Reynolds

5 minute read

January 12, 2018 | The Recorder

Intellectual property is often the most valuable asset of a startup business. And yet, many cash conscious startups neglect to protect their potential intellectual property assets, preferring to allocate scarce resources to set up and initial operation costs.

By Dariush Adli

6 minute read

January 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

I am a young lawyer and I want to start using credit cards since I am having difficulty getting clients to pay me. Are there any rules or regulations about using credit cards by an attorney?

By Samuel C. Stretton

9 minute read

January 11, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

President Donald Trump took office last January with a keen focus on minimizing regulatory burdens imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. In the first months of his presidency, Trump took aim at many Obama-era regulations, issuing a spate of executive orders promoting deregulation, reduced regulatory costs, energy independence, expedited environmental reviews for infrastructure projects and economic growth.

By Carol F. McCabe and Claudia V. Colón

8 minute read