The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By James M. Beck | May 31, 2018
Pennsylvania appellate practitioners recite like a mantra the necessity of filing post-trial motions prior to an appeal—and not without reason. Pa R. Civ. P. 227.1 requires that post-trial motions be filed within 10 days of the final decision to preserve issues for appeal.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jonathan W. Hugg | May 30, 2018
I recently attended the American Bar Association's annual institute on blockchain technology, digital currency, and ICOs (initial coin offerings). Some might view these new technologies as libertarian, even revolutionary.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jonathan A. Haven and Ruth A. Rauls | May 26, 2018
On April 5, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH), Office of Medical Marijuana (OMM), which oversees the commonwealth's medical marijuana program, initiated phase II of its licensing process.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jeffrey Campolongo and Alisha L. McCarthy | May 25, 2018
It has been perhaps a disorienting couple of weeks for those keeping track of where, and how, employers can be sued by their employees. Take, for example, the May 10 step toward transparency in the #MeToo era by Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), which announced that it will not push for individual sexual harassment and assault claims to be determined through private arbitration proceedings going forward.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jay A. Dubow and Jessica K. Southwick | May 25, 2018
More than 30,000 patients have signed up for the program and are now receiving medical marijuana from 12 grower/processors at the 14 dispensaries that have been approved and have opened across the commonwealth.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Susan Vivian Mangold | May 18, 2018
Juvenile Law Center works to bring young people in the child welfare and justice systems home from institutional placements, and to ensure that youth placed outside of the home are in the most family-like and least traumatic conditions possible.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew T. Mangino | May 17, 2018
The criminal preliminary hearing in Pennsylvania, at least for the time being, is of no practical use nor does it provide any meaningful protection to a defendant.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | May 17, 2018
With fewer and fewer cases going to trial, lawyers must be competent in settling claims and preparing settlement documents that accurately capture the terms of the settlement.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 14, 2018
The bill would require disclosure of third-party litigation funding in class actions and multidistrict litigation within 10 days of a case filing, or 10 days after a funding deal. It would also require disclosure of financing that provides cash to plaintiffs.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Howard J. Bashman | May 14, 2018
A little over two weeks ago, The New York Times published a lengthy editorial titled “Please Stay, Justice Kennedy. America Needs You.” The passionate editorial correctly explained that were President Donald J. Trump to replace Kennedy with a more dependable conservative on the U.S. Supreme Court, then various of Kennedy's most notable rulings in the areas of abortion rights, affirmative action in college admissions, and equal rights for LGBTQ individuals would be at serious risk of being overruled.
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