By Colby Hamilton | August 29, 2018
South American promoters of two shows scheduled in 2016 accused the pop singer of defaming them in a tweet about the canceled shows.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christian Petrucci | August 29, 2018
Two cases decided by the Commonwealth Court in the last few months have solidified an injured worker's right to seek a reinstatement of benefits under the Supreme Court's decision in Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Derry Area School District), 161 A.3d 827 (Pa. 2017), at least until the Legislature acts.
By Janet L. Everson and Alina Pavlova | August 29, 2018
What appears to be "textbook" attorney negligence has escalated into new precedent with the Court of Appeal abandoning the substantial factor causation analysis traditionally applied to a claim against an attorney for breach of fiduciary duty.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Corey Berman | August 29, 2018
The Miami Marlins' attempt to litigate in federal court their contentious case with the city of Miami and Miami-Dade County regarding the team's accounting of the payment owed to the city and county based on the stadium deal struck with the Marlins' prior owner Jeffrey Loria ended in a double play.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Charles M. Tatelbaum and Ian Lis | August 28, 2018
On Aug. 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an opinion in the case of Tepper v. Amos Financial (Case No. 17-2851) which has sent, and should send, shock waves to creditors and institutions that not only regularly purchase debt, but also those who can be classified as "debt collectors" under the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) 15. U.S.C. Section 1692.
By Charles Toutant | August 27, 2018
U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of the District of New Jersey denied Bath Iron's motion to dismiss third-party claims against it lodged by DVL Inc., a New York real estate company that paid $19 million to remediate contamination at the Kearny site, at 160-194 Passaic Ave., and Congoleum Inc., which is accused in a suit of causing the contamination to the site.
By Andrew Denney | August 27, 2018
Counsel for the former town attorney for Oyster Bay, who is the target of a legal malpractice suit the town filed last week seeking to claw back his salary, said his client is being unfairly targeted for testifying against his ex-boss in a corruption case.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Travis Halstead | August 27, 2018
Imagine you handled the defense of a case for your client perfectly. You serve a proposal for settlement early in the proceedings that that the plaintiff receives, but does not accept.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 24, 2018
Lawyers attempting to negotiate a global settlement of lawsuits brought over the opioid epidemic aren't representing a key group: babies who have been born addicted to prescription painkillers.
By Tom McParland | August 24, 2018
Attorneys from the Delaware Department of Justice on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss the remaining claims in a prisoner lawsuit accusing state officials of abuses in the wake of last year's deadly uprising at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
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