The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | February 1, 2018
The three lawyers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh include a former chief judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By Abraham J. Gafni | January 18, 2018
Perhaps no arbitration issue has been litigated more frequently in recent years than determining “arbitrability.” Repeatedly, courts have been called upon to decide whether they or the arbitrators have the authority to resolve particular aspects of a dispute.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | January 17, 2018
In recently denying reargument after more than a decade of litigation, the Commonwealth Court has cemented its decision to reinstate an arbitration award in a case in which a church leader was found to have misappropriated church money.
By The Legal Intelligencer | January 16, 2018
In the Legal's Alternative Dispute Resolution supplement, read about guided-choice mediation, the use of technology in mediation and gaining a winning perspective.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael W. Winfield | January 15, 2018
In the traditional model of dispute resolution through litigation, a win is easy to define. Most times, there is a winner and a loser identified by who prevailed, on which claims, and what monetary compensation was awarded. Indeed, with the exception of limited equitable remedies available for a small subset of certain claims, this is the predetermined, limited outcome of the litigation process. It is black and white by design.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephanie H. Klein | January 15, 2018
Social and news media bombard us daily with accounts of sexual harassment and misconduct by captains of industry, the arts and politics. The accounts and identities of these formerly admired men continue to shock the public with no end in sight.
By William P. Shelley | January 15, 2018
The longer cases are litigated, the more they cost. Particularly for corporate parties, this means more internal time is lost, and more dollars may need to be held in reserve over long periods which could be more productively applied elsewhere. Thus, it is no surprise that many companies who regularly litigate closely track the time cases are open as one yardstick to measure the performance of outside counsel.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Diane Welsh and Jerry Roscoe | January 15, 2018
In the past year, each of us performed a damages allocation arising from a horrific accident—the May 2015 derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia, a crash that killed eight and seriously injured 200 people, and the June 2013 collapse of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Center City, which killed seven and severely injured 12.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert A. Korn | January 15, 2018
Where guided choice mediation is utilized, the parties agree on the selection of a mediator whose role it is to assist them, in the early stages of a dispute, in achieving a timely resolution of that dispute.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ben Seal | January 11, 2018
A Pennsylvania State Police trooper fired for unbecoming conduct after he was accused of harassment by a female trooper can return to work because the incidents that led to his dismissal were not proven at an arbitration hearing, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
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