The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Bernadette M. Rappold | May 10, 2018
Buried within last December's massive Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115–97, 131 Stat. 2054 (TCJA), is an obscure provision that may change the litigation and settlement calculus for companies facing environmental enforcement actions.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael Dillon | May 10, 2018
Deregulation has been atop President Donald Trump's agenda since assuming office, particularly within the environmental sector.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Fara A. Cohen | May 10, 2018
Prominent social and political figures have been asked to speak at colleges and universities for decades. Even though these speeches have been occurring for years, there is no doubt that the current political climate has resulted in increasingly polarized viewpoints and heightened uproar over the invitation of certain individuals to campus.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francis J. Lawall and Kate A. Mahoney | May 10, 2018
A designation of “insider” status can impact a wide range of issues within a bankruptcy proceeding and sometimes change the outcome of the case. For example, the preference clawback period is deemed extended to one year for any payments or other transfers made by a debtor to an insider
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin | May 10, 2018
Many lawyers are concerned about how to deal with an expert witness. Interestingly enough, the same rules and concepts that apply to questions for lay witnesses, also apply to an expert witness.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sid Steinberg | May 9, 2018
Laws prohibiting prospective employers from asking applicants about their prior wage history have been part of a growing trend across the country.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Raphael F. Castro | May 9, 2018
We are employed because of our use of language. We must learn to love words, and use them effectively.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson | May 8, 2018
Last month, in Liberties Lofts v. Zoning Board of Adjustment, 2018 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 106 (April 2), the Commonwealth Court addressed whether a variance granted by the city of Philadelphia's Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) should be extinguished due to the alleged lack of standing of the corporate entity which sought the proposed property development.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rebecca Rosenberger Smolen and Amy Neifeld Shkedy | May 7, 2018
A parallel topic for business owners, that we did not address in that article head on, is the myriad ways in which businesses are transitioned once the sole owner of the business exits, whether by accident (i.e., death or disability) or by design.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen A. Miller and Isaac A. Binkovitz | May 7, 2018
In the United States, antitrust law strives to eliminate price-fixing affecting the U.S. market. That price-fixing activity sometimes occurs outside the United States, and some defendants ensnared in antitrust inquiries have invoked a plausible defense that can be summarized as: A foreign government made me do it!
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