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Daily Business Review

Ruling Creates Opening for Property Owners to Escape from Liens

Lienholders should watch for attempts by owners to shorten the foreclosure window to avoid jeopardizing their pursuit of payment, writes attorney B. Michael Clark Jr.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Fifth Circuit Spikes Challenge to NLRB 'Quickie' Election Rules

A federal appeals court on Friday shot down a challenge by Texas construction industry employers and small business owners to the National Labor Relations Board's so-called "quickie" election rules.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Denied in Bid for Insurance Coverage for Shooting Settlement

New Jersey and the state Department of Education are not able to receive insurance coverage for their contribution to a $5 million settlement over claims stemming from the Newark schoolyard murders of 2007, the state Appellate Division has ruled.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Appeals Court Rules for Dickstein Shapiro in Malpractice Suit

The defunct law firm held onto its win in suit stemming from a 1993 patent application Dickstein lawyers handled for Encyclopaedia Britannica.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Ian Gershengorn, Early Defender of Obama's Health Care Law, Brings Deep Regulatory Record

When Ian Gershengorn takes over as acting solicitor general on June 25, he will tap a portfolio of experience in the complexities of agency regulation, from health care to telecommunications, from both sides of the courtroom and from district courts to the U.S. Supreme Court.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Mosne v. Heritage Food of Hazleton, LLC, PICS Case No. 16-0739 (Pa. Super. May 23, 2016) (memorandum) Jenkins, J. (16 pages).

Trial court properly denied store's petition to open default judgment in action brought by customer in slip-and-fall case because store did not satisfy the obligation of a corporate defendant to establish in-house mechanisms to monitor legal complaints lodged against it. Affirmed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Waldron Elec. Heating & Cooling, LLC V. Yahr, PICS Case No. 16-0744 (Pa. Super. May 26, 2016) (memorandum) Bender, P. J. (7 pages).

The trial court properly granted summary judgment to appellee in defamation action filed by appellant because appellee's complaints to her friends, the Office of the Attorney General and two consumer websites were made in 2007, but appellant did not file suit until 2011. Affirmed.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Urbine v. Sears Home Improvement Prods., Inc., PICS Case No. 16-0743 (Pa. Super. May 20, 2016) (memorandum) Ott, J. (8 pages).

Court of common pleas properly denied appellant's petition to open and strike the default judgment entered in appellee's favor by magisterial district court after appellant failed to attend a hearing. Affirmed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvanians for Union Reform v. Pennsylvania Dept. of State, PICS Case No. 16-0731 (Pa. Commw. May 23, 2016) Jubelirer, J. (14 pages).

A requestor was not entitled to enforce disclosure of voter registration information pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL). Final determination of the Office of Open Records affirmed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Huffsmith v. PPL Elec. Util. Corp., PICS Case No. 16-0745 (Pa. Super. May 24, 2016) (memorandum) Panella, J. (7 pages).

The trial court improperly granted summary judgment against appellants on their intentional trespass claim where appellants presented evidence that created a genuine issue of material fact as to the location and/or extent of appellee utility company's right of way on appellants' property. Summary judgment reversed, and case remanded.
5 minute read

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