An innocuous change in the Copyright Act and the interpretation of it in the Philadelphia case of Apple Computer v. Franklin Computer has had a significant effect on the protection of computer software and helped Bill Gates and Microsoft Corporation become the richest man and largest capitalized corporation in the world.
While it is not the special status of grandparents, but any third party's ability to override a parent's choice that is now under constitutional review in Troxel v. Granville, it should come as no surprise that grandparents are at the heart of the debate.
The new Pennsylvania prudent investor rule codifies the modernization of Pennsylvania trust investment law and provides greater assurance of uniformity of application by Pennsylvania courts.