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By Charles Toutant | May 8, 2017
A restaurant is not liable to a patron whose left leg was amputated after she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria from eating raw shellfish there, a federal judge in Camden ruled.
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By Max Mitchell | May 5, 2017
Judge Abbe Fletman cited her previous work with Seth Williams in recusing herself from handling motions in the case targeting the embattled district attorney.
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By Jason Grant | May 3, 2017
The Court of Appeals may weigh in on a controversial amicus brief that was the target of a blistering dissent last year when it decides whether the state Department of Health properly sanctioned construction of a 20-story nursing home next to a Manhattan elementary school.
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By Max Mitchell | May 2, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether the widow of a man who drowned during the Philadelphia Triathlon can sue the event organizers, despite the decedent having signed a waiver assuming all the risks of participating in the event.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | April 27, 2017
Chancery Court Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard has called off a May 5 hearing on an attempt to force a stockholder meeting to resolve crippling corporate deadlock at TransPerfect Global Inc., the latest development in a week of jockeying between opponents in a protracted fight over the future of the New York-based translation-services company.
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By Max Mitchell | April 27, 2017
The Dragonetti Act is not unconstitutional as applied to attorneys, the state Supreme Court has ruled in a decision that could have ended several high-profile litigation matters.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | April 26, 2017
TransPerfect co-founder and CEO Elizabeth Elting is trying to thwart a last-minute bid in the Delaware Court of Chancery to avoid the court-ordered sale of the profitable translation-services company.
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By Max Mitchell | April 26, 2017
Does the Fair Share Act require juries in strict liability cases to determine the portion of liability to be imposed against each defendant, or can a judge simply apportion liability equally? The issue is a question of law trial courts have struggled with across Pennsylvania, and one that was squarely before the state Superior Court when it heard arguments Tuesday in
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 20, 2017
The Southern District has the most MDLs of any district in the country, three of which are now being handled by Judges Lorna Schofield and Paul Engelmayer.
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By Kristen Rasmussen | April 19, 2017
Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., rejected a lawsuit brought by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for $130 million in payments under the Affordable Care Act's risk corridor program.
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