The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson and Jared Klein | July 8, 2024
In two recent cases of note to property owners in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court sided with the city government in Philadelphia regarding the imposition of substantial fines for continuous building code violations issued by the city of Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente | July 8, 2024
This article discusses the ethical obligations and associated risks that flow from engaging the services of a temporary attorney, including areas such as billing for services and adequate disclosure to clients.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | July 5, 2024
The court performed an intensive factual review and legal analysis, and concluded that it had the authority to craft an equitable remedy that balanced the protections afforded commercial landlords under the Bankruptcy Code with the bankruptcy policy of promoting equality of distributions to all creditors. In the end, the court did grant an administrative claim but in a reduced amount.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Nicole D. Galli | July 5, 2024
AI is here, and it is here to stay. And, of course, these tools are evolving at a rapid pace, presenting new opportunities for use and improving their utility on a nearly daily basis.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | July 5, 2024
Civil RICO is seen as "the litigation equivalent of a thermonuclear device," and civil RICO claims are often employed in complex, high-stakes litigation.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joseph Chapman | July 5, 2024
If you gave up on doing HITECH requests and went back to sending requests to providers with the patient's direction to send the records right to you, following up relentlessly, getting records, and paying the hard-to-stomach cost for electronic records; read on.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By John Hosa | July 3, 2024
In Plum Borough v. Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Plum, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court addressed several important issues in the realm of land use law, including the natural expansion doctrine and the need for zoning hearing boards to issue findings of fact in support of their decisions.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Aurora de Heer, Elizabeth M. Gary and Sheri Graham | July 2, 2024
The way corporate America communicates has changed (again). While email is still a cornerstone of business communications, the adoption of short-form messaging or collaboration tools with embedded chat features has skyrocketed in recent years, spurred by the necessity of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Vasilios J. "Bill" Kalogredis | July 2, 2024
On April 16, the New Jersey Supreme Court resolved a longstanding open issue as to whether a hospital's bylaws or course of conduct created a contract between the hospital and its medical staff, which in turn would give rise to an implied duty of good faith and fair dealing, and a right to monetary damages for breach of contract.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew T. Mangino | July 2, 2024
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has yet again addressed the issue of proving a prima facie case at a preliminary hearing. The Supreme Court has clarified that inadmissible hearsay alone will not be adequate to identify a defendant at a preliminary hearing.
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