One of the paths by which non-parents can acquire custody rights to a child bears the Latin appellation “in loco parentis.” The doctrine precedes statutes defining legal parenting rights, but we live in an age when the role of parenting
Business email compromise (BEC) and other third-party fraud inducing funds transfers have generated a wave of litigation against banks: not just those where victims hold accounts, but also against the financial institutions where the funds were transferred, even when the
The court denied the insurer’s motion to dismiss the insured’s fire damage claims under a forced-place policy because the insured was a third-party beneficiary of the policy. Fredericks v. Assurant Specialty, et al., 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179779 (E.D. Pa.
I’m noticing that my AI curated newsfeed is feeding me more and more articles produced by Artificial Intelligence. This is occurring at a time when people are deciding to go it alone in the legal world and to rely on
Week of September 14
As summer officially gives way to fall, this week’s environmental and energy headlines reflected several themes that have dominated much of 2026: data centers, grid reliability, critical minerals, PFAS, artificial intelligence, and the continued reshaping of
Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire – Criminal Defense Attorney in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Serrano, 2026 PA Super 205 (Pa. Super. Sept. 18, 2026), holding that the trial court erred in suppressing a gun that police
The Delaware Law School and the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law reprise the annual lecture on corporate law named after my father. Details follow.
The Delaware Law School is pleased to invite you to the 41st Annual Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Thomas, 2026 PA Super 202 (Pa. Super. Sept. 16, 2026), holding that a Philadelphia police officer seized the defendant when he approached him with his
