The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Angela D. Giampolo | September 9, 2024
In courtrooms across America, the "gay/trans panic defense" has long undermined justice for LGBTQ+ individuals. This controversial strategy allows defendants to justify violence against LGBTQ+ people by claiming that the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity provoked their aggression.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen Wolf | September 9, 2024
A recent opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and two recent opinions issued by the Pennsylvania Superior Court touch upon the above concepts, which are recurring themes that are very familiar to the construction industry, and inform us how Pennsylvania state and federal courts address those issues.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Murray Silverstein | September 9, 2024
Instead of leaving decisions to the battlefield of the boardroom or courtroom, parties should negotiate through various forms of alternative dispute resolution, preferably mediation.
By ALM Staff | September 9, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
By Cheryl Miller | September 7, 2024
Chad Condit said state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil engaged in a sex-based quid pro quo. A lawyer for Alvarado-Gil said her former chief of staff's allegations are fabricated.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | September 6, 2024
Two opinions illustrate the ways the bankruptcy code can present significant risks to lenders even after the lender receives payments in accordance with loan agreements or even a court order.
By Mason Lawlor | September 5, 2024
The court found that using the PA system for a communal prayer would reasonably be considered "government speech," not private speech, and therefore is open for regulation by the FHSAA.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 5, 2024
More than a decade after taking on Johnson & Johnson with the first trial linking baby powder to ovarian cancer, attorney Allen Smith on Wednesday signed off on a proposed bankruptcy plan after negotiating for an additional $1 billion.
By Lisa Willis | September 5, 2024
"This is the largest verdict against a cruise line that I am aware of," said civil trial attorney John "Jack" Hickey, who is not connected to the case.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson and Alex Hamilton | September 5, 2024
the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that a commercial tenant was evicted from the leased premises rather than abandoning it and that, accordingly, the landlord could only recover damages for unpaid rent through the date when the landlord recovered possession of the leased premises, denying the landlord's claim for additional rent for the remainder of the lease term.
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