The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Zack Needles | January 2, 2018
Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate courts in 2017 wrestled with a wide variety of important issues, many of which eventually made their way to the Supreme Court. They also prepared to welcome several new judges to their ranks and to say goodbye to a few colleagues.
By Erin Mulvaney | December 28, 2017
Here's a roundup of some of our most-read stories about labor and employment this year.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Charles F. Forer | December 18, 2017
Everyone thinks arbitration proceedings are automatically confidential and that the participants cannot blab about them to others.
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 | Best Practices|Commentary
By Daniel E. Cummins | October 17, 2017
With the uncertainty of what a jury will do in a particular case and the significant costs associated with trying a case to verdict, alternative dispute…
By Abraham J. Gafni | September 25, 2017
How carefully do you consider the scope of your agreement to arbitrate? Experience reflects that parties will often negotiate the terms of their business arrangement with care. After reaching an understanding on all substantive matters, however, and impatient to complete their work, they often opt for a cookie-cutter arbitration provision that, subsequently, may not provide the mandatory dispute resolution procedure expected.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 22, 2017
A neutral arbitrator was capable of being impartial and disinterested, so plaintiff's petition to remove the arbitrator was properly denied.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 22, 2017
District court properly denied gasoline company's motion to compel arbitration in action brought by credit cardholder who alleged he did not receive the gas discount promised for the use of the credit card because company was not a third-party beneficiary of the credit card agreement and estoppel did not apply since there was no alleged "concerted action" and cardholder's claims did not rely on any terms in the credit card agreement. Affirmed.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | September 15, 2017
Samsung has asked the federal judge overseeing the putative class action litigation against it related to overheating phones to toss the claims out of court and send them to be resolved in arbitration.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 25, 2017
A religious court could be an appropriate venue for the parties to privately resolve civil disputes. However, the parties in this case did not have a written agreement to refer disputes to a religious tribunal, and the moving party failed to prove that the parties had a meeting of the minds on that issue.
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