The First Two Delaware Decisions. In the past two months, I have reported on decisions by two Delaware bankruptcy judges in the In re Washington Mutual, Inc. case and in In re Premier International Holdings, Inc. (aka, the Six Flags case), taking opposing views on whether Federal Rule of Bankruptcy ...

Hyman, Phelps & McNamara's (co-chief blogger at fdalawblog.net and self-described social media guru) will be speaking on the regulation of social media at the American Conference Institute’s 8th Expert Regulatory Guide to Advertising, eMarketing and Promotions for the Pharmaceutical Ind ...

Philadelphia - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will be arguing this Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia, urging the court to block a government attempt to seize telephone company records detailing a cell phone user's past locations without first get ...

"Reserving Time for Rebuttal Oral Argument on Appeal": You can access at this link today's installment of my monthly "Upon Further Review" column published in The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia's daily newspaper for lawyers.

Kristine Grady Derewicz has been named the new managing shareholder for Littler Mendelson’s Philadelphia office. She was preceded in the position by Thomas Bender, who is credited with expanding the office from an original 10 attorneys and 6 staff members in March 2001 to 29 attorneys and 19 staff b ...

Well, first of all, even if you like the Colts and Peyton Manning (I do), you still have to be happy for the Saints and the City of New Orleans. What a great American story. Back to business though, the Troubled Asset Relief Program Inspector General (TARP IG), Neil Barofsky, announced in his ...

February 7, 2010 Firefighters responding to a report of a diesel leak just before noon Sunday at a Delaware County shopping mall, instead found deadly carbon monoxide. The Lima Fire Company of Middleton Township evacuated the Granite Run Mall in Media, PA after detecting high levels of carbon mon ...

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EEOC sued Astea International, claiming it discharged a 47 year old vice president and replaced him with someone 15 years younger. The parties entered a consent decree proving for payment of $175,000 and other relief. EEOC Press release 02/02/2010: Astea International Will Pay $175,000 to S ...

Bloomberg reports new developments in the prempro litigation. Judge Norman Ackerman of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas issued an order cutting the punitive damages jury award in Barton v. Wyeth from $75 million to $5.6 million. Bloomberg reports: Besides...