Kristie Rearick

October 23, 2017 | Daily Business Review

In a new case focusing on employment noncompete agreements in the home health care (HHC) industry, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously held that HHC referral sources can be a protected legitimate business interest under Fla. Stat. 542.335, sufficient to support a restriction on competition in a contract.

By Mitchell Green and Robert Buchsbaum

4 minute read

October 23, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

In-house counsel who seek to enforce patents rights—but are concerned about large upfront out-of-pocket attorney fees—should consider exploring contingent fee arrangements, which have become increasingly popular in patent litigation.

By Lawrence K. Kolodney

6 minute read

October 20, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

2017 National Pro Bono Week Events in Philadelphia.

By The Legal Intelligencer

10 minute read

October 20, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Consider being a 16-year-old girl convicted of an adult felony, and sentenced to state prison.

By Joanna Visser Adjoian and Lauren Fine

9 minute read

October 20, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Preserving South Florida as an ideal place to work and live depends not in its warm weather, tax structure, proximity to Latin America or cultural activities.

By Alexis Leal

5 minute read

October 19, 2017 | The Recorder

Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, California employers will no longer be able to ask job applicants about their salary history.

By Susan P. Elgin, Charles F. Knapp, Bonita D. Moore and Daniel G. Prokott

3 minute read

October 19, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of the fundamental benefits of the filing of a bankruptcy case is the imposition of the “automatic stay” that bars creditor actions to continue collection of pre-petition debts without first obtaining relief from the stay from the bankruptcy court.

By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

7 minute read

October 19, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

“How much were you paid at your last job?” This common, seemingly innocuous question that is routinely asked during an employer's pre-hiring process, could lead to disparities in salaries between men and women.

By Amy C. Lachowicz

5 minute read

October 19, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

On July 6, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court rendered a decision in Board of Commissioners of Cheltenham Township v. Hansen-Lloyd, 166 A.3d 496 (Pa Commw. Ct. 2017), addressing several significant land use issues, most notably that the submittal of a mandatory sketch plan creates a vested right to develop the subject property pursuant to the ordinance provisions in effect at the time the plan is submitted.

By Blaine A. Lucas and Alyssa E. Golfieri

8 minute read

October 19, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A month ago, President Donald Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, once more hanging the threat of deportation over the heads of some 800,000 young immigrants.

By Lisa T. Felix and Steven R. Miller

5 minute read