Anyone can sue anyone else at any time for anything. However, filing a lawsuit does not mean that the lawsuit will be successful. The appropriate consideration to contemplate when determining how ...

Historically, the Commonwealth Courts of Pennsylvania have been loathe to blur the distinction ­between tort and contract. The gist of the action doctrine, well formed and frequently litigated, ...

The quarterly Journal of Legal Education, published since 1948, is made available without cost to full-time faculty at member schools through the courtesy of West and Foundation Press, which print the ...

One of Ashby Shores’ earliest memories was falling asleep to bedtime stories read by his father, a third-year law student at the time. These were no ordinary nighttime tales like “Goodnight Moon” or ...

The gist of the action doctrine does not bar a viable tort claim between two parties related by a contract. Earlier last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in SodexoMAGIC v. Drexel ...

Founded in 1901, the Columbia Law Review is a leader in legal scholarship in the United States and around the world. The Review is an independent nonprofit corporation edited and published entirely by ...

Beth McNellie (Miami, 1986) [Partner at Baker & Hostetler, LLP]: Going to Columbia for law school, I was very concerned that my classmates coming from the real Ivy Leagues would have a leg up on me, ...

The article is here; the Introduction: Over the past decade, nondisclosure agreements intended to protect the reputation of one or both parties from embarrassing disclosures have failed, sometimes ...