A Conversation with Jon Smollen, Temple Law Practice Professor and Director, Temple Center for Compliance and Ethics

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This is the first in what we hope will become a regular series of interviews with members of the Temple business law community about their work, the business law community, and business law practice generally.  Jon Smollen directs Temple’s Center for Compliance and Ethics (CCE), and recently sat down with The 10-Q’s editors to talk

DOJ Targeting Private Equity Firms in False Claims Act Litigation

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The False Claims Act (FCA) has long been a powerful tool for the federal government to generate large recoveries from government contractors, including companies in the healthcare industry. In fiscal year 2017 alone, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered more than $3.7 billion in settlements and judgments in civil cases brought under the FCA.

First Circuit: Online Arbitration Agreement Must Be “Reasonably Communicated and Accepted”

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Ruling in a class action brought against Uber Technologies, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently held that the company’s arbitration clause could not be enforced because it was not “reasonably communicated” to its customers during the online contracting process. The decision is a stark reminder that great attention needs to

NJ Appellate Court Affirms Decision Denying Interest Expense Addback Exception

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The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, has affirmed the Tax Court’s decision in Kraft Foods Global Inc., in which a taxpayer’s deduction for related-party interest expense was disallowed for corporation business tax purposes (decision available here). Background The only issue before the court was whether the Division of Taxation (the “Division”) properly added back

Rail Park Redux

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The first phase of Philadelphia’s version of The Highline opened on June 14. Located between Broad and Noble Streets on the one hand, and 11th and Callowhill Streets on the other, The Philadelphia Rail Park has added a slice of green to a formerly industrialized, warehouse district just north of Chinatown. The Park has been