The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Howard J. Bashman | December 11, 2017
Upon Further ReviewSteven Calabresi, one of the Federalist Society's co-founders, in advance of the organization's most recent annual convention…
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson | December 11, 2017
In E.S. Management v. Gao, 2017 Pa. Super. LEXIS 925 (Nov. 15), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently upheld a verdict against a landlord who attempted to pressure individuals to enter into a lease arrangement or risk losing their so-called “security deposit.”
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Marcie Borgal Shunk | December 8, 2017
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?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Angela D. Giampolo | December 8, 2017
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.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Timothy J. Horstmann and Erica M. Koser | December 7, 2017
After several months of negotiation, and amid a larger debate on gaming expansion, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed Act 42 of 2017, a sweeping…
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Maureen "Morty" Cassidy | December 7, 2017
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.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ellen C. Brotman | December 6, 2017
If you are interested in ethics, white-collar crime, and the way they overlap, Christmas has come early this year. Your gift is the array of ethical issues inherent in the latest twist in the investigation into the Trump campaign's connections to Russia's interference with our presidential election; it provides a fascinating hypo for ethics professors.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert L. Hickok and Gay Parks Rainville | December 5, 2017
On Nov. 6, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion in Waggoner v. Barclays, No. 16-1912, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 22115 (2d Cir. Nov. 6, 2017), that—if allowed to stand—will make it significantly easier for plaintiffs to obtain class certification in actions alleging violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. Section 78j(b), and Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b-5 (10(b) actions) against large, publicly traded companies.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Vasilios J. Kalogredis | December 4, 2017
On May 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Petratos v. Genentech, 855 F.3d 481 (3d Cir. 2017) (Petratos), and joined several other circuits in recognizing the heightened False Claims Act (FCA) materiality standard set forth in last year's landmark Supreme Court case, Universal Health Services v. Escobar, 136 S. Ct. 1989, 195 L. Ed. 2d 348 (2016) (Escobar).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen A. Miller and Haryle Kaldis | December 4, 2017
The Supreme Court is currently considering the intersection of two federal statutes governing workplace disputes.
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