The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Clay Flaherty | May 11, 2018
As the number of municipalities filing lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies related to the ongoing opioid crisis continues to multiply, a quiet doctrine of Pennsylvania case law might undercut the ability of local governments to ultimately recover damages.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Bernadette M. Rappold | May 10, 2018
Buried within last December's massive Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115–97, 131 Stat. 2054 (TCJA), is an obscure provision that may change the litigation and settlement calculus for companies facing environmental enforcement actions.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Fara A. Cohen | May 10, 2018
Prominent social and political figures have been asked to speak at colleges and universities for decades. Even though these speeches have been occurring for years, there is no doubt that the current political climate has resulted in increasingly polarized viewpoints and heightened uproar over the invitation of certain individuals to campus.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sid Steinberg | May 9, 2018
Laws prohibiting prospective employers from asking applicants about their prior wage history have been part of a growing trend across the country.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson | May 8, 2018
Last month, in Liberties Lofts v. Zoning Board of Adjustment, 2018 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 106 (April 2), the Commonwealth Court addressed whether a variance granted by the city of Philadelphia's Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) should be extinguished due to the alleged lack of standing of the corporate entity which sought the proposed property development.
By Charles S. Marion | May 8, 2018
During the last few years, there has been an explosion in the number of lawsuits being filed claiming that a business' website violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen A. Miller and Isaac A. Binkovitz | May 7, 2018
In the United States, antitrust law strives to eliminate price-fixing affecting the U.S. market. That price-fixing activity sometimes occurs outside the United States, and some defendants ensnared in antitrust inquiries have invoked a plausible defense that can be summarized as: A foreign government made me do it!
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Angela D. Giampolo | May 4, 2018
Much of our focus on LGBTQ rights centers at the federal level because those decisions impact the entire United States, but there are many ongoing battles in a multitude of states that concern LGBTQ equality.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David J. Rosenberg | April 27, 2018
We have entered an era where the roads will be shared by pedestrians, fully driver-operated vehicles, semi-autonomous vehicles and fully autonomous vehicles. As a result there will be a multitude of new issues regarding liability facing our legal system.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Peter Murphy and Daniel Clearfield | April 25, 2018
On March 22, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (the department) announced it will begin accepting applications for medical marijuana dispensary and grower/processor permits as early as April. During this second round, the department will issue 13 additional permits to grow and process medical marijuana, and 23 dispensary permits. Completed applications must be postmarked no later than May 17.
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