The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lawrence E. Ashery | October 24, 2017
A music video went viral this month, but it's doubtful you know any of its musicians. The tune is quite catchy, and the performance is not only professional, but very enjoyable. What is the theme of the song? Coming of age? A broken heart? No. It's a music video about Velcro Brand Fasteners and the VELCRO trademark.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Charles F. Forer | October 23, 2017
Nothing is easy or expeditious when it comes to the arbitration agreements that Bob drafts. He spends lots of time and lots of his clients' money to incorporate all kinds of so-called protective provisions. “This way,” he tells clients, “I get the best and avoid the worst of arbitration.”
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael E. Bertin | October 23, 2017
For many family law practitioners, 23 Pa.C.S. Section 3505(d) is a safety blanket protecting their clients in situations where a party fails to disclose information regarding an asset or assets with a fair market value of $1,000.00 or more which results in that asset or assets being omitted from the final distribution of property in a divorce matter.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Mark Spencer | October 20, 2017
Although consensus had been coalescing for some time on the latest developments in medical science concerning HIV, a recent announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention came as a welcome surpr
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Patricia Collins | October 20, 2017
In Zuber v. Boscov's, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 16-3217, the Third Circuit reversed a decision of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that dismissed an employee's claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and common law on the basis of a compromise and release agreement signed by the employee to settle his workers' compensation claims.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joanna Visser Adjoian and Lauren Fine | October 20, 2017
Consider being a 16-year-old girl convicted of an adult felony, and sentenced to state prison.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Amy C. Lachowicz | October 19, 2017
“How much were you paid at your last job?” This common, seemingly innocuous question that is routinely asked during an employer's pre-hiring process, could lead to disparities in salaries between men and women.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Blaine A. Lucas and Alyssa E. Golfieri | October 19, 2017
On July 6, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court rendered a decision in Board of Commissioners of Cheltenham Township v. Hansen-Lloyd, 166 A.3d 496 (Pa Commw. Ct. 2017), addressing several significant land use issues, most notably that the submittal of a mandatory sketch plan creates a vested right to develop the subject property pursuant to the ordinance provisions in effect at the time the plan is submitted.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lisa T. Felix and Steven R. Miller | October 19, 2017
A month ago, President Donald Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, once more hanging the threat of deportation over the heads of some 800,000 young immigrants.
The Legal Intelligencer | Best Practices|Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | October 19, 2017
The jury was thoroughly confused when a witness testified through an interpreter that he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a ladder in a construction case I tried a few years ago.
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