Philadelphia’s Commerce Court recently granted summary judgment to lawyer-defendants in a legal malpractice case. The case was raised in negligence and breach of contract. The…
This case involves a financial institution bond issued to a brokerage firm. Judge Nina Wright Padilla’s opinion in Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC (the Firm) v.…
This case involves a legal malpractice suit, allegedly rooted in the defendants’ conflict of interest. The complaint alleges that at a time when the defendant…
This litigation over comic books reminds us again how business follows value, litigation will arise in whatever quarter people do business, and those businesses need…
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Commerce Case Management Program (the Commerce Court) began its 20th year of operations on January 1, 2019. In 1999,…
Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas (Pennsylvania’s First Judicial District) issues annual reports on all aspects of the Court’s operations. This includes, among other things, a…
In 2018, Commerce Court Supervising Judge Patricia A. McInerney retired after serving 7 years on the Commerce Court, and nearly 25 years on the Court…
In October 2018, the Commerce Court had an opportunity to address the law on partnerships at will. In HB Litigation Conferences, LLC v. NetDiligence, Judge…
In this case, a contractor contractually required that its subcontractor make the contractor and owner additional insureds under the subcontractor’s insurance policy. The policy’s additional…
This case involved a series of claims and counterclaims between commercial insurance brokers, where an employee left one and joined the other. Of interest here…