Category: Miscellaneous Professionals

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey reiterated the importance of standing and reviewed its application to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in the matter of George v. Rushmore Serv. Ctr., LLC, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 20303 (Aug. 13, 2024 3d Cir.).

In 2013, the plaintiff opened a credit card account with First Premier Bank. A few months later, she defaulted on the account by failing to make the monthly minimum payment. This failure to pay initiated First Premier’s …

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently gave consumers a huge win by allowing them to recover both treble damages and punitive damages under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL).

In Dwyer v. Ameriprise Fin., Inc., 313 A.3d 969 (2024), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed whether the award of treble damages under the UTPCPL was duplicative of an award of punitive damages so that a plaintiff could only recover one or the other. Finding the purpose of treble damages differed from the goal of …

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission issued its final rule banning non-compete agreements nationwide, with the aim of “protecting the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increasing innovation, and fostering new business formation.”

The fall of non-competes removes one of the more effective tools businesses have to protect their trade secrets by stopping employees from taking confidential information straight to a competitor. How, then, should companies with intellectual property to protect respond?

First, Sit Tight

This legislation has yet to be tested in …

For professionals concerned about the evolving landscape of management and professional liability, there is a new resource you will not want to miss: “The Precipice” podcast, hosted by Goldberg Segalla Partner Peter J. Biging, and presented by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS). “The Precipice” offers in-depth conversations with industry leaders, claims experts, and top lawyers involved in handling management and professional liability claims.

On the first episode of “The Precipice,” Peter explores the management and professional liability challenges unique to modern attorney advertising, with …

In the professional liability world, errors occur.  To quote Forrest Gump, “*%&# happens!” These errors can carry great consequences, and can include payouts by insurers under E&O policies.  However, what happens when there is a possibility to rectify the error and place the would-be plaintiff in a position where they were before?  Also, how conceivable is it to utilize funds from other sources as a means to bring closure to claims.

Consider this example from a title dispute. In August 2010, plaintiff and two defendants …