Retaliation

Four Top 2023 Philadelphia Commerce Court Opinions

by Jonathan Hugg and Sarah Boutros (LAW ’20)

July 26, 2024
The Philadelphia commerce court, dedicated in part to creating an equitable and consistent body of commercial law, issued some 24 decisions last year. This article highlights four of the most consequential: In Ambox v. Pocklington, the court upheld judicial privilege to dismiss a retaliatory lawsuit. In LL Capital Partners v. Tambur, the court denied a stay request due to lack of concrete evidence of a criminal investigation. Apex Realty v. Elverta addressed the rights of junior creditors in sheriff’s sales, and Skw-B Acquisitions v. Stobba Residential saw the rare appointment of a receiver to manage mismanaged commercial property.

Changes for CA Gig Economy: Know Your ABCs

by Brian M. Pinheiro, Diane A. Thompson, Christopher J. Kelly, Jessica G. Federico, Stephanie Awanyai and Beckie Schatschneider

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has held that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state laws that prohibit mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims.

Blowing the Whistle (Part 2): A Primer on the SEC’s Whistleblower Program

by Benjamin McCoy (LAW '12), Zac Arbitman and Beckie Schatschneider

Second in a series of four primers on the key legal regimes incentivizing and protecting whistleblowers who report fraud: the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower programs.