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Liquor Board Must Allow for Direct Sales of Specialty Wines, Court Rules
May 1, 2020
The Legal IntelligencerThe Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board must allow for direct deliveries of specialty wines, a judge has ruled following the Commonwealth Court’s first…
Court Tackles Direct Wine Deliveries Amid COVID-19 Shutdown in Its First Livestreamed Session
April 28, 2020
The Legal IntelligencerThe YouTube channel was divided into nine panels, with six attorneys, one court crier and one court reporter looking on from different…
Force Majeure and Bunker Supply Contracts: It’s Complicated
April 27, 2020
Ship & BunkerA sudden and severe drop in oil prices has prompted talk of whether counterparties will look to default on bunker…
Laminates Maker API Americas Reaches Ch. 11 Creditor Deal
April 17, 2020
Law360API Americas Inc., a Kansas-based company that makes laminate and foil products, is poised to move forward with a Chapter…
Wine dealers sue the PLCB over allegedly illegal shipping restriction
April 16, 2020
The Philadelphia InquirerTwo wine dealers have sued the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board in Commonwealth Court for emergency relief, alleging that the agency…
Citgo must pay for a massive 2004 Delaware River oil spill, Supreme Court rules
April 3, 2020
The Philadelphia InquirerThe former owner of a Philadelphia area asphalt refinery is liable for a massive 2004 oil spill in the Delaware River and…
Justices Won’t Let Citgo Off Hook For $133M Oil Spill
April 3, 2020
Law360Three Citgo units are financially responsible for a $133 million oil spill in Delaware caused by a sunken anchor that was hidden…
Law360’s Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
April 2, 2020
Law360Susman Godfrey earned a spot on the legal lions list this week with a win for NYU in litigation brought…
Laminates Maker API Americas Gets Nod For $6M Ch. 11 Sale
March 26, 2020
Law360A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday gave his nod to the $6 million Chapter 11 sale of some assets of…
New Montgomery McCracken Chair Aims to Build Next Generation With Non-Big Law Identity
March 9, 2020
The Legal IntelligencerIn electing a new leader, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads has tapped a lawyer who left the firm and decided…
4 Firms Steer Stanley’s $1.5B Deal For Aerospace Parts Maker
January 29, 2020
Law360Stanley Black & Decker on Wednesday said it will acquire aerospace components manufacturer Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing for up to $1.5 billion…
She fractured her spine after the car ran a red light. Uber said she signed away her rights to a jury trial.
January 27, 2020
The Philadelphia InquirerWhen you download Uber’s app, you agree that you’re older than 18, that you’re not using a stolen credit card…
Montgomery McCracken Boosts Litigation Group In Philly
November 5, 2019
Law360Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP announced Tuesday that it is boosting its litigation department with a new partner with…
‘Be Fearless,’ ‘We Are Out Here,’ and Other Insights From the Law Journal’s Diverse Attorneys of the Year
October 30, 2019
New Jersey Law JournalThis year’s honorees took the time to share their insights on their legal careers, managing and mentorship, diversity in the…
Potential Expansion of Athletic Programs’ Duty of Care to Student-Athletes and New Limitations to Waivers of Liability: Lessons Learned from Feleccia v. Lackawanna College
October 25, 2019
Sports Litigation AlertA recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision has the possibility of expanding athletic programs’ duty of care to student-athletes and limiting…
3rd Circ. Questions Court’s Role In Drafting SEPTA Ad Policy
October 24, 2019
Law360A Third Circuit judge on Wednesday questioned whether a trial court should have taken it upon itself to redraft the Southeastern…
‘Standard of Care’ Laws May Not Dissuade Sport Concussion Lawsuits
September 19, 2019
Neurology TodayAlthough considerable progress has been made in the past decade toward reducing the risk of neurocognitive injury from sports-related concussive…
Former AUSA rejoins Montgomery McCracken in Cherry Hill
August 15, 2019
NJBizFormer Assistant United States Attorney and supervisor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey Fabiana Pierre-Louis…
Citizen takes environmental issue into his own hands with lawsuit over Bucks County development
August 2, 2019
Pennsylvania RecordA citizen lawsuit filed recently against developers of an upscale, 14-homesite community in Nockamixon Township is an example of how…
The New Rules of Booze: Customers, makers benefitting as landscape shifts
July 12, 2019
Philadelphia Business JournalThe Fine Wine & Good Spirits store on Lancaster Avenue in the heart of Wayne is not your old Fine…