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March 14, 2023
On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision holding that debtors whose debts were incurred through fraud may not have such debts discharged, even if the debtor did not participate in, or even have knowledge of, the fraud. In Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 598 U.S.
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February 4, 2022
The new Unclaimed Property Act for the Canadian province of New Brunswick received proclamation on January 1, 2022, bringing it into effect. The enactment means that New Brunswick joins three other provinces -- Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec -- in having custodial unclaimed property laws sim
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January 6, 2022
The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) codifies federal policy favoring the enforceability of contractual arbitration clauses. Due to the FAA, courts will thus generally require parties to arbitrate a dispute if their contract so dictates.
This is no less true in bankruptcy court, at least in connecti
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May 23, 2023
A supervisor, upon hearing a complaint of sexual harassment, decided to investigate on her own. Kristie Alley, a frontline supervisor at a Penguin Random House warehouse, received a complaint of sexual harassment from an employee that she supervised. Although the employer had directed all supervis
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March 14, 2023
On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision holding that debtors whose debts were incurred through fraud may not have such debts discharged, even if the debtor did not participate in, or even have knowledge of, the fraud. In Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 598 U.S.
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February 23, 2023
A new opinion issued by Judge Salinger of the Massachusetts Superior Court in a matter on remand from an appeal before a single justice of the Appeals Court has clarified the standard courts are to use when confronted with a motion for sanctions due to the alleged spoliation of evidence.
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May 19, 2023
McElroy Deutsch today announced that three of its attorneys have been selected to the 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
No more than five percent of the lawyers in Pennsylvania are selected by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and p
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May 12, 2023
McElroy Deutsch today announced that sixteen of its attorneys have been named to the 2023 New Jersey Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
No more than five percent of the lawyers in New Jersey are selected by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer
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February 6, 2023
McElroy Deutsch is pleased to announce that former Pennsylvania Trial and Appellate Court Judge Richard B. Klein has joined the Firm as Of Counsel in its Litigation & Insurance Services Practice Group. Judge Klein will focus his practice on Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) and appellate and trial consulting and will be based in the Firm’s Philadelphia, PA office, serving clients nationwide.
Judge Klein entered the private sector after 36 years as a judge.