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New Jersey Law Journal

Remembering Judge Michael Patrick King

All told, Judge King served over 30 years in the New Jersey judiciary, and authored over 400 published opinions.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Why Is Law Firm Innovation Failing? How to Push for Success

Recent news and awards indicate law firms are increasing their investments in innovation. Stories of recently launched innovation committees, R&D teams and idea labs routinely grace the pages of industry publications. Yet despite these investments, the trajectory of the industry as a whole seems to have remained largely unchanged. Why are innovation efforts by larger law firms failing to make a meaningful impact?
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hate Crimes: Do Laws Meant to Protect These Victims Really Work?

It's been over three years since Kevin Harrigan, Philip Williams and Kathryn Knott bashed a gay couple, Andrew Haught and Zachary Hesse, in Center City Philadelphia on Sept. 11, 2014. At the time, there was outrage that such an attack could occur in Philadelphia, a place where LGBTQ people are supposed to feel safe in a city considered the most LGBTQ-friendly in the country by the Human Rights Campaign.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Decision to Halt the EEOC's Pay Data Collection Challenged in Court

In a federal lawsuit filed in November, advocacy groups contend that the Trump administration illegally halted pay data collection intended to address the growing disparities in the wage gap. The National Women's Law Center and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement sued the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, among others, for their decision to block an Obama-era measure that would have required companies with 100 or more workers to report earnings data for employees by sex, race, ethnicity and job category.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

An Unworkable Bar to the Bar

In the film "The Shawshank Redemption," an inmate named Red, played brilliantly by Morgan Freeman, is asked by a member of the parole board whether…
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Expands Casino Gambling—What Is the Impact on Municipalities?

After several months of negotiation, and amid a larger debate on gaming expansion, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed Act 42 of 2017, a sweeping…
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Sensible Step That Is Long Overdue

The 15 schools as of this writing that already have started to use the GREs to evaluate applicants, and the inevitable large number of law schools that soon no doubt will join them, are taking a sensible step that is long overdue.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Do Software Limitations Trump Pa.'s Workers' Compensation Act?

In September 2013, the WCAIS (workers' compensation automation and integration system) went live in Pennsylvania implementing EDI (electronic data interchange) transactions between companies and the commonwealth. The idea was to permit the exchange of large volumes of accident and injury information from companies to the state in an expedited and more efficient form than on paper.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Clearing Up the Confusion Over Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

While there is a steady rise in awareness and interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, there is still a lot of misinformation regarding this new form of payment, and much of the confusion is coming from some very influential individuals.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

When Can a Former Employee-Turned-Whistleblower Use Internal Company Documents?

Imagine you own a company, and your chief compliance officer one day "blows the whistle" and alleges your company broke the law. After she leaves your company, you receive a demand letter from her attorney alleging that you have retaliated against her for blowing the whistle.
6 minute read

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