The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Larry E. Coben | January 9, 2024
The evidentiary battle over whether a defendant may offer evidence that a product's design is in accord with customs in the industry or complied with government standards has ended.
By The Legal Intelligencer | January 9, 2024
In The Legal's Alternative Dispute Resolution special section read about some virtual mediation considerations and how India's new law could affect ADR worldwide.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Louis Hockman | January 8, 2024
Disputants, domestic and foreign, will welcome the efficiency that mediation offers as compared to traditional litigation. Attorneys representing parties which do (or will do) business are urged to look closely at the act.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Keith D. Heinold | January 8, 2024
In-person mediation with everyone physically present at one location has been the gold standard for as long as mediation has been a popular process to resolve cases. Maybe it still is, but not in all circumstances and virtual mediations are here to stay.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Samuel S. Woodhouse | January 8, 2024
The statutes and case law related to the unauthorized practice of law are designed to answer the question of who can advocate on behalf of the parties in arbitration. Specifically, the cases and statutes set the boundaries with respect to whether one must in fact be a lawyer to represent parties or whether lawyers can cross state lines and represent parties in states in which the lawyer is not a member of that state's bar.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Charles J. Dennen and Thomas J. Tyrrell | January 8, 2024
BLM has been under increased pressure to update the fiscal terms of oil and gas leases for many years. Under the current regulations, minimum bids and rental rates have not increased in 30 years, bond rates have not increased in 50 years, and royalty rates have never increased since the Mineral Leasing Act was passed in 1920.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lisa S. Presser and Brian M. Balduzzi | January 8, 2024
This new act simplifies the rules for irrevocable trusts to mirror those in other jurisdictions, and it provides an opportunity for grantors to plan for new irrevocable trusts, and for grantors, trustees, and beneficiaries to review certain existing irrevocable trusts.
By Kristie Rearick | January 4, 2024
Submissions for The Legal Intelligencer's 2024 New Partners Yearbook are due by Feb. 23, 2024.
By The Legal Intelligencer | December 20, 2023
Welcome to the 30th edition of PaLaw: Annual Report on the Legal Profession.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lawrence J. Kotler | December 5, 2023
During the course of their bankruptcy case, the debtors filed a second plan of reorganization (the plan), in which they referenced a potential and unliquidated claim against an entity known as "ED&F Man." Although this "claim" was also listed on the debtors' schedules, no version of the plan or disclosure statement specifically identified the defendant by name or explained the nature of the claim the debtors intended to assert against this entity.
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