The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Diane Welsh and Jerry Roscoe | January 15, 2018
In the past year, each of us performed a damages allocation arising from a horrific accident—the May 2015 derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia, a crash that killed eight and seriously injured 200 people, and the June 2013 collapse of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Center City, which killed seven and severely injured 12.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert A. Korn | January 15, 2018
Where guided choice mediation is utilized, the parties agree on the selection of a mediator whose role it is to assist them, in the early stages of a dispute, in achieving a timely resolution of that dispute.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Charles F. Forer | January 8, 2018
Whenever Bob discusses arbitration with a client, he talks about the advantages of avoiding court proceedings. His first words always are, “You save so much money.” Bob has learned that his clients like to save money and that these savings are more important to them than the speed of arbitration or the ability to pick the decision-maker or the many other benefits that arbitration provides.
By Ben Seal | January 4, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review whether a plaintiff can circumvent a state agency's right to enforce a statute by seeking to do so through common-law damages claims.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By P.J. D'Annunzio | December 29, 2017
The Third Circuit in 2017 decided a landmark civil rights case over a citizen's ability to record police officers in public, a decision that was immediately propelled to the forefront of the most significant legal rulings in the region.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | December 21, 2017
A couple who had to sell off their expansive collection of antique toys as part of a bankruptcy can proceed with their lawsuit against the auction house alleging a conspiracy to sell the items for less than their full value.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | December 19, 2017
In a closely watched case that waded into the murky ethics of business arrangements between lawyers and nonlawyers, a majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could agree on only one thing: fee-splitting arrangements between lawyers and nonlawyers are not per se unenforceable just because they violate attorney ethics rules.
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 Alan Nochumson | December 11, 2017
In E.S. Management v. Gao, 2017 Pa. Super. LEXIS 925 (Nov. 15), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently upheld a verdict against a landlord who attempted to pressure individuals to enter into a lease arrangement or risk losing their so-called “security deposit.”
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Vasilios J. Kalogredis | November 7, 2017
On Aug. 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment by the District Court for the Western District of Arkansas to Johnson Regional Medical Center (JRMC) in its breach of contract suit against its former employee, Dr. Robert Halterman.
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