The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leonard Deutchman | June 7, 2018
In last week's article, I discussed the Pennsylvania Superior Court's opinion in Commonwealth v. Ayyakkannu Manivannan, 2018 PA Super. 112 (May 4, 2018), and how it illustrates that the legal issue underlying it is basic and simple.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert L. Hickok and Gay Parks Rainville | June 4, 2018
Nearly 45 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in American Pipe & Construction v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538, 553 (1974), holding that the filing of a class action “tolls the running of the statute of limitations for all purported members of the class who make timely motions to intervene after the court has found the suit inappropriate for class action status.”
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Leonard Deutchman | May 31, 2018
Because e-discovery opinions involved technical matters that were outside of the understanding of the typical judge or attorney, I observed, such opinions tended to be exciting regardless of the legal issue that underlay them.
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 Brett J. Rosen | May 29, 2018
Export controls are laws and regulations that regulate and restrict the release of sensitive technologies and information to foreign countries and foreigners, both within and outside of the United States, for reasons of national security and foreign policy.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | May 24, 2018
Christi Davis spent nearly a decade at PNC Financial Services Group after leaving the partnership at Reed Smith.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joshua Horn and Jesse M. Harris | May 23, 2018
Many legal issues arise out of financing cannabis activities, not the least of which is whether a target property for a cannabis venture is mortgaged by a bank. The standard institutional mortgage contains language that allows the mortgagee to “call” the loan if the property is being used to conduct “illegal activity.”
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christopher Bouriat | May 22, 2018
Employers—particularly human resources professionals and in-house employment lawyers—have long battled bias in hiring and other employment decisions. Employers have many tools at their disposal, such as anti-discrimination policies, employee handbooks and various trainings.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Dianne Elderkin, Jonathan Underwood and Andrew Schwerin | May 11, 2018
How should a court determine whether a patent claim is invalid for obviousness? Recent Federal Circuit decisions reveal that judges answer that question principally in two different ways, and that the difference matters to the outcome of the inquiry.
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.
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