As we summarized last week, Pennsylvania’s Legislature unanimously passed a bill that would permit business court programs statewide, both on the appellate and trial court…
Category: Philadelphia
A Philadelphia restaurant, Taps & Bourbon on Terrace, LLC, (Taps & Bourbon) sought business interruption insurance coverage from Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London (Lloyds) arising…
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives has approved legislation that would permit the creation of a statewide Commerce Court Program in the Commonwealth’s Superior Court (an intermediate…
Philadelphia’s Commerce Court has created an innovative new program to assist businesses struggling with the Covid-19 crisis. The Temporary Financial Monitor Program utilizes volunteer lawyers…
The ABA Section of Business Law’s Business and Corporate Litigation Committee has just published the 2020 edition of Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation. …
The force majeure defense, and related defenses like impossibility, impracticability and frustration of purpose, are becoming commonplace in the Covid-19 era. While prior case law…
A recent article in Philadelphia’s Legal Intelligencer posits using the Philadelphia Commerce Court as a vehicle for implementing an early and aggressive commercial mediation program…
For those practicing in Philadelphia’s Commerce Court, here are some notes on recent decisions. March 2, 2020 (Abuse of Process/Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings) American…
Philadelphia Commerce Court Judge Ramy I. Djerassi issued an opinion last week describing the difference between “abuse of process” and “wrongful use of civil proceedings”…
Philadelphia’s Commerce Case Management Program (“Commerce Court”) has three dedicated judges who manage all aspects of cases assigned to them from beginning to end. The…