The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert L. Hickok, Jay A. Dubow and Matthew D. Foster | September 4, 2018
On Aug. 13, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in a securities fraud class action, Khoja v. Orexigen Therapeutics, which could dampen a defendant's use of judicial notice and incorporation-by-reference to aid in its motion to dismiss, especially in the securities class action setting.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Todd S. Kim and Joshua T. Newborn | September 4, 2018
The deference doctrines associated with the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decisions in Chevron and Auer carry immense practical significance because they govern when courts must uphold agency interpretations of statutes and regulations in subject areas across the enormous administrative state.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Vasilios J. Kalogredis | August 31, 2018
Health care lawyers may assist their clients with negotiating favorable terms in any merger, acquisition, asset purchase or other large-scale, entity-level transaction.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Steve Schain | August 31, 2018
With Corona brewer and Robert Mondavi wine producer Constellation Brands Inc. investing $3.88 billion in grower Canopy Growth Corp. and the Wall Street Journal estimating 2018 U.S. legal marijuana sales at $10.2 billion, the writing's on the wall: cannabis is big business and ripe for the plucking by the plaintiffs bar.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Wayne Pollock | August 30, 2018
Law firms should treat their newsletters like the potential revenue generators that they are.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ryan N. Boland | August 30, 2018
In Friends of Lackawanna v. Dunmore Zoning Hearing Board, the court reversed the decision of the zoning board and trial court, which held that neighbors objecting to a landfill's zoning approval did not have standing to file an appeal.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leonard Deutchman | August 30, 2018
In Commonwealth v. Mangel, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the trial court's order barring admission of evidence purportedly coming from the Facebook account of defendant Tyler Kristian Mangel.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Meg Charendoff | August 30, 2018
I confess: I was an overly enthusiastic law school student. You know the kind. I showed up on the first evening of my first year, highlighters at the ready, excited to be there and ready to throw myself into learning the law.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Terry Mutchler | August 30, 2018
Raw sugar, coconuts and rubber are the little-known originators of the Freedom of Information Act, the federal law that governs the release of public records.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By The Young Lawyer Editorial Board | August 29, 2018
Nowadays, civility is often substituted for hostility. The Perry Masons of the world have long been eclipsed by the likes of Harvey Specter (Suits), Jack McCoy (Law & Order), and Patty Hewes (Damages).
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