The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ellen C. Brotman | October 27, 2017
On Oct. 21, there was a news report that Donald Trump would be personally providing a legal defense fund of several hundred thousand dollars for White House staffers and campaign aides in need of legal representation.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward M. Waddington and Ricardo J. Zayas | October 26, 2017
White collar defense attorneys and accountants engaged to assist in investigations conducted by the IRS Criminal Investigation Division are familiar with these words: “… the tax loss … is … $550,000 to $1,500,000 …”
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Craig R. Tractenberg | October 26, 2017
Do you think franchisees ought to have Miranda-type warnings before buying a franchise? Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida suggests so in the case of Tim Hortons USA v. Singh, (No. 16-2304, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law after Bench Trial, Oct. 25).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jeffrey Campolongo | October 26, 2017
In Moody v. Atlantic City Board of Education, No. 16-4373 (3d Cir. Sept. 6), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed summary judgment for an employer based on an elastic and expansive interpretation of just who constitutes a "supervisor" in a hostile work environment case.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David G. Mandelbaum | October 26, 2017
On Oct. 16, the Environmental Protection Agency published its proposal to repeal the carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric power plants, the centerpiece of the Clean Power Plan, 82 Fed. Reg. 48,035.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leonard Deutchman | October 26, 2017
A recent opinion demonstrates how, when deciding e-discovery matters, common sense may be far more important than a mastery of esoteric knowledge regarding computers.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Samuel C. Stretton | October 26, 2017
The Smart Start-ignition interlock device is apparently advertising heavily in Pennsylvania due to the new changes of the rules for ignition interlock.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Daniel J. Siegel | October 26, 2017
One dictionary defines “competence” as “the ability to do something successfully or efficiently.”
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Mark Altschuler and Thomas Delevie | October 25, 2017
Kaczkowski v. Bolubasz, 491 Pa. 561 (1980), is one of the few decisions in the nation that rules out discounting to present value, under the assumption that the inflation rate is equal to the discount rate.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Dena Lefkowitz | October 25, 2017
The other day, I began typing the word “coping” into a Google search and before I could even finish, Google began to populate search results which included coping with Hurricane Harvey,
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