The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alesia S. Sulock and Josh J.T. Byrne | July 15, 2024
There is still a very good argument- with very good reasons behind it—that speculation regarding settlement cannot be the basis for damages in a legal malpractice action. It is almost always true that in order to succeed in a legal malpractice action in Pennsylvania, the plaintiff must prove that but for the attorney's alleged negligence they would have won the underlying action.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Camila Pretel | July 15, 2024
By integrating popular education pedagogy with community organizing workshops and conflict resolution coaching, the Hub is growing a vanguard of youth leaders and redefining public safety through a lens of racial justice, gender justice, and labor and economic justice.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David G. Mandelbaum | July 12, 2024
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, holding that the SEC cannot assess civil penalties for securities fraud through an administrative tribunal.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jules Epstein | July 12, 2024
At least some facial identifications are reliable (see, e.g., familiar identifications of a previously well-known individual). The question is—can the same be said when the perpetrator was fully masked and all that was visible were his eyes?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Taylor Trusky | July 11, 2024
As I near the end of my first year as an associate and reflect on my experiences over that time with opposing counsel and the legal community generally, I can't help but feel that junior female associates still have a ways to go before they're viewed by older male attorneys and professionals as their peers.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jeffrey A. Cohen | July 9, 2024
On June 27, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California rendered a multibillion-dollar verdict in favor of restaurant/bar owners and individual customers and against the National Football League, related to the NFL's Sunday Ticket.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Peter Vaira | July 9, 2024
A career in each of the services offers legal disciplines a lawyer would find in any major law firm in the country. The difference is that there is no emphasis on hours billed, but on the quality of work performed and leadership skills developed.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson and Jared Klein | July 8, 2024
In two recent cases of note to property owners in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court sided with the city government in Philadelphia regarding the imposition of substantial fines for continuous building code violations issued by the city of Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente | July 8, 2024
This article discusses the ethical obligations and associated risks that flow from engaging the services of a temporary attorney, including areas such as billing for services and adequate disclosure to clients.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr. | July 5, 2024
The court performed an intensive factual review and legal analysis, and concluded that it had the authority to craft an equitable remedy that balanced the protections afforded commercial landlords under the Bankruptcy Code with the bankruptcy policy of promoting equality of distributions to all creditors. In the end, the court did grant an administrative claim but in a reduced amount.
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