The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By John A. McCreary Jr. | March 22, 2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 inserted a new subsection (q) into Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code which denies deductions for payments made in settlements of sexual harassment or sexual abuse cases, and “related” attorney fees.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kevin Golembiewski | March 21, 2018
Although the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education nearly 70 years ago, segregation is still a reality in our public schools. But today's segregation is more subtle. It's de facto segregation—the days of communities intentionally segregating students are behind us. So they say.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lawrence E. Ashery | March 20, 2018
According to the U.S. Supreme Court, a patent application is one of the most difficult legal instruments that can be drafted (Topliff v. Topliff, 145 U.S. 156 (1892)). Small wonder that most patent applications are initially rejected by the Patent Office.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francis J. Lawall and Kate A. Mahoney | March 19, 2018
Fraudulent conveyance litigation arising from failed leveraged buyout transactions is frequently pursued in bankruptcy proceedings as the sole source of recovery for creditors.
By Marcia Coyle | March 8, 2018
The number of questions asked by the justices has remained "remarkably constant" since 1995 even as the number of words used increased significantly, according to the new study. But those extra words "are being devoted to comments and statements, not to inquiries of the advocates."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | March 7, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the case of a Pennsylvania woman whose home, allegedly situated on an ancestral burial ground, was deemed public property by the local municipality.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David L. Axelrod and Priya Roy | March 7, 2018
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court significantly narrowed the definition of a “whistleblower” under Dodd-Frank.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | March 5, 2018
Neal Katyal has joined Gov. Tom Wolf's efforts to defend Pennsylvania's recently re-drawn congressional districts before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Cliff Rieders | March 1, 2018
In the latest public school massacre 17 people—students and teachers—were killed when a former student, armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at a high school on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | February 23, 2018
Talk of impeaching members of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court began with a memo from a second-term state representative from a rural northwestern Pennsylvania-based district. But within two weeks, the state's highest-ranking Republican was calling on lawmakers to have a "conversation" about the issue.
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