Kristie Rearick

February 14, 2018 | The Recorder

When people switch jobs, both sets of employers face known risks. The former employers risk their former employees decamping with their trade secrets. And the new employers risk inviting trade secret lawsuits.

By Dan Terzian

6 minute read

February 13, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The EB-5 program was implemented in 1990 as a program to provide legal permanent residence status to investors who invest $500,000 or $1 million (depending on the geographical area) in a business that creates employment for 10 full-time U.S. citizen or permanent resident employees.

By Karuna Chandani Simbeck

6 minute read

February 13, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Many thought that the 2009 and 2010 amendments to the False Claims Act would result in greater recoveries by qui tam relators and the U.S. government.

By Donna M. Doblick

8 minute read

February 13, 2018 | Daily Business Review

 Arbitrations are supposed to offer a faster, more cost-effective, and arguably preferable alternative to litigation, but many reputable arbitral…

By Humberto Ocariz

4 minute read

February 13, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In The Legal's Wealth Management/Trusts & Estates supplement, read about tax-efficient gifts for children and grandchildren, opportunities created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and how to fix broken trusts.

By The Legal Intelligencer

3 minute read

February 13, 2018 | The Recorder

Class action plaintiffs often submit expert testimony in support of class certification motions, raising the question of how defendants should respond—particularly when the plaintiff's evidence is unreliable or otherwise deficient.

By Terence N. Hawley and Joshua D. Anderson

8 minute read

February 12, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of the most commonly asked questions we receive as estate and financial planners is how to make tax-efficient gifts to children, grandchildren and other family members for education purposes.

By Jeanna Lam and Herb Fineburg

8 minute read

February 12, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In what is becoming one of the hottest topics in Pennsylvania Child Custody Law, in loco parentis took center stage before the Superior Court in the recent case.

By Michael E. Bertin

8 minute read

February 12, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Parties going through a divorce often have many decisions they need to make. Often those decisions will affect their financial future. Many financially dependent spouses are not prepared to understand their future financial needs.

By Carolyn R. Mirabile

6 minute read

February 12, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recent increases in the federal gift tax and federal generation-skipping transfer tax exemption amounts create opportunities to correct the GST treatment of previously established irrevocable trusts.

By Melissa L. Dougherty

8 minute read