The recent shake-up at United Airlines in the wake of the continuing travails involving the State of New Jersey and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) provides some sharp lessons and warnings for in-house counsel, compliance practitioners, and board audit committees. The head of United Airlines recently resigned in light of
Mass collection and storage of consumer information – including sensitive and personal information – is a fact of life in today’s marketplace. So are hacks and data breaches. In more than thirty states there are laws that require consumers to be notified of a data breach, and there are bills in both the Senate and
On Friday, May 15, Ajay Raju (TEMPLE ’92; LAW ’96), Executive Chairman and CEO of Dilworth Paxson, LLP, and Christopher Wink (CLA ’08), co-founder of Technical.ly, met for a wide-ranging conversation about technology and innovation in Philadelphia. Jonathan Lipson, the Harold E. Kohn Chair and Professor of Law at the Temple University Beasley School of Law,
On Friday, May 15, Ajay Raju (TEMPLE ’92; LAW ’96), Executive Chairman and CEO of Dilworth Paxson, LLP, and Christopher Wink (CLA ’08), co-founder of Technical.ly, met for a wide-ranging conversation about technology and innovation in Philadelphia. Jonathan Lipson, the Harold E. Kohn Chair and Professor of Law at the Temple University Beasley School of
Intellectual property law is caught in a widespread debate over whether it should serve incentive or natural rights objectives, and what the best means for achieving those ends are. This debate has spilled from the halls of Congress to the Supreme Court to popular campaigns on the Internet. The stakes are significant, as intellectual property
One of the major developments in corporate law over the last generation has been the resurgence of shareholder power. Shareholders were once largely passive, prevented by the small size of their holdings from having much of an impact on corporate management. But of late, management has been described as “embattled,” constantly challenged by new kinds
In response to the request by Delaware’s corporate citizenry for a modern and useful arbitration statute, in April 2015, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed into law a new and modern approach to the arbitration process: the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act (the “DRAA”).[1] The DRAA returns arbitration to its long-lost roots: speedy, efficient and binding resolution
Earlier this year, a dozen lawyers of varying degrees of experience from a variety of practice settings attended Temple’s first Mini-MBA for Law Professionals, a ten-course program worth 18 PA CLE credits, designed and taught by faculty from Temple’s Beasley School of Law and the Fox School of Business. The accelerated weekend program was designed
Diversity is a second-order consideration when it comes to choosing whom to hire for important legal work. This was among the conclusions highlighted by Prof. David B. Wilkins during his colloquium presentation to Temple Law faculty earlier this year. Prof. Wilkins is among the nation’s foremost authorities on the legal profession in his role as
For the past several years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought the vast majority of its enforcement proceedings before its own administrative law judges (“ALJs”). The SEC’s success rate in cases before ALJs has been a startling 90% over the past 4.5 years, compared with 69% in federal court over the same period.