The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | May 17, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has signed on to consider not one but two issues of first impression involving the power balance in the contractual relationship between car dealerships and auto manufacturers.
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By Max Mitchell | April 13, 2018
Uber limo drivers are not employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal judge has ruled, handing the ride share giant a win against drivers who sued the company for allegedly failing to meet minimum wage and overtime requirements.
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By Max Mitchell | April 10, 2018
A split three-judge Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has vacated a $21 million insurance bad-faith judgment, finding the Pennsylvania judge who had awarded the money in a lengthy and scathing 2014 opinion improperly considered issues far outside the bounds of the case.
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By Max Mitchell | March 22, 2018
United States Steel cannot bring antitrust claims against 40 Chinese steel manufacturers over alleged price-fixing, the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled in a decision that refines exactly what type of injuries private companies must have suffered to make antitrust claims.
By Abraham J. Gafni | March 22, 2018
Increasingly, employers are seeking to impose mandatory arbitration provisions to resolve disputes with employees.
By Ross Todd | Cheryl Miller | March 19, 2018
According to police officials in Tempe, Arizona, an autonomous Uber car with a safety driver behind the wheel last night struck and killed a woman crossing the street outside a crosswalk.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | March 12, 2018
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that a products liability suit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will remain in federal court because the plaintiffs' motion to remand the case to state court was based on the joinder of a "non-existent" entity that was apparently the product of a typo on the Pennsylvania Department of State's website.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christian Petrucci | March 1, 2018
Normally, work injuries arise when an employee is injured on or off the employer's premises, while actually engaged in furtherance of the employer's business or affairs. Last week, in US Airways v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board Bockelman, No. 612 C.D. 2017, the Commonwealth Court revisited the less common compensability of a workers' compensation claim based on a premises theory of liability.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | March 1, 2018
Like its predecessor, the state Supreme Court's 2014 pronouncement that recalibrated products liability law in Pennsylvania, the latest ruling in Tincher v. Omega Flex has led to a variety of interpretations, but one thing appears certain—the defense bar is encouraged by the opinion's discussion of jury instructions.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Frederick D. Lipman | February 19, 2018
Attorneys who counsel independent directors on their legal risks and responsibilities sometimes neglect to discuss with their clients their reputational risks, including unknown enterprise risks which, if realized, can damage their reputation.
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