The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | November 15, 2017
A former HR executive's tweet to then-candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 U.S. presidential race was enough to get her fired from her job, but, according to a Pennsylvania appeals court, not enough to block her from receiving unemployment compensation benefits.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | November 9, 2017
Limited partnerships offer an attractive option over the general partnership form–namely, the benefits of a partnership arrangement, but with limited liability like that enjoyed by the owners of a corporation or limited liability company.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Susan Nanes | November 9, 2017
There's no cliché better than a Shakespeare cliché, and no Shakespeare cliché more cliché than referencing Hamlet. Duly noted and ignored. Let's turn to Uber, the Prince of 555 Market St. in San Francisco.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Samuel C. Stretton | November 9, 2017
A previous article by this writer suggested that it would not be unethical to file a complaint even though the lawyer knew the statute of limitations had passed because in Pennsylvania, the statute of limitations must be raised as an affirmative defense.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | November 9, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to hear argument in a shareholder suit in which an advertising company's corporate officers were found liable for accepting for themselves $12 million in proceeds from the company's sale, rather than distributing it.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ben Seal | November 9, 2017
A man who suffered a bone bruise in a car accident nine years ago has failed to convince the Pennsylvania Superior Court that his injury was serious enough to maintain a negligence claim.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ben Seal | November 9, 2017
A man attempting to retroactively apply the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Birchfield v. North Dakota to the pending appeal of his DUI conviction cannot do so because he failed to raise the relevant issue prior to his appeal, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
By Victoria Hudgins | November 2, 2017
State Sen. Judith L. Schwank, D-Berks, issued a memo declaring her intention to introduce legislation prohibiting the use of nondisclosure agreements in contracts and out-of-court settlements related to sexual harassment or sexual misconduct.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | November 2, 2017
their professional duties negligently, they could only be held liable to those with whom they were in direct contractual privity—in other words, their clients.
By Victoria Hudgins | November 2, 2017
The Pennsylvania voted 34-16 to pass an amendment to the Workers' Compensation Act that adds a “nationally recognized, evidence-based prescription drug formulary” for resolving issues regarding drugs prescribed for the treatment of work-related injuries.
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